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Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
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 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.
 Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the 
misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.  
 Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the 
misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. 
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above read more
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
 As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat,
 And none could be unhappy but the Great.  
 As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat,
 And none could be unhappy but the Great. 
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother
 He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
 And is of sense forlorn:
  A sadder and a read more 
 He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
 And is of sense forlorn:
  A sadder and a wiser man,
   He rose the morrow morn. 
 When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
 [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]  
 When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
 [Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]