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 With silence only as their benediction,
 God's angels come
  Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
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 With silence only as their benediction,
 God's angels come
  Where in the shadow of a great affliction,
   The soul sits dumb! 
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.
Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the read more
Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the gold, hardens the clay
 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. 
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
When something [an affliction] happens to you, you either let it defeat you, or you defeat it.
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
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.
I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or read more
I know of no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect either physical or spiritual, for what the gods had given him.
 Believe me, the gods spare the afflicted, and do not always 
oppress those who are unfortunate.
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 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.]