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I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.
I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men read more
Reflect on your present blessings, of which every man has many; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness read more
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all read more
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.
Rocks whereon greatest men have oftest wreck'd.
