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 Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always 
oppress those who are unfortunate.
 [Lat., Crede read more 
 Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always 
oppress those who are unfortunate.
 [Lat., Crede mihi, miseris coelestia numina parcunt;
  Nec semper laesos, et sine fine, premunt.] 
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
I thank God for my handicaps, for through them, I have found myself, my work and my God.
 The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of 
affliction.
   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon,  
 The Lord get his best soldiers out of the highlands of 
affliction.
   - Charles Hadden Spurgeon, 
 Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
 And thou art wedded to calamity.  
 Affliction is enamoured of thy parts,
 And thou art wedded to calamity. 
 Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
 Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
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 Thou art a soul in bliss; but I am bound
 Upon a wheel of fire, that mine own tears
  Do scald me like molten lead. 
Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease read more
Though all afflictions are evils in themselves, yet they are good for us, because they discover to us our disease and tend to our cure.
 Henceforth, I'll bear
 Affliction till it do cry out itself,
  'Enough, enough, and die.'  
 Henceforth, I'll bear
 Affliction till it do cry out itself,
  'Enough, enough, and die.' 
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
To bear other people's afflictions, everyone has courage and enough to spare.
 Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
 From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.  
 Affliction is not sent in vain, young man,
 From that good God, who chastens whom he loves.