To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real read more

Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good read more

I've been in a lot of trouble and come out of it. I think it shows a lot of good character.

The memory of past troubles is pleasant.
[Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]

The memory of past troubles is pleasant.
[Lat., Jucunda memoria est praeteritorum malorum.]

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

A clever person turns great troubles into little ones and little ones into none at all.

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is read more

The trouble is that rich people, well-to-do people, very often don't really know who the poor are; and that is why we can forgive them, for knowledge can only lead to love, and love to service. And so, if they are not touched by them, it's because th

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man read more

Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
Yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward.