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Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.
I survived that trouble so likewise may I survive this one.
Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]
Light troubles speak; immense troubles are silent.
[Lat., Curae leves loquuntur, ingentes stupent.]
Trouble rides behind and gallops with him.
[Fr., Le chagrin monte en croupe et galope avec lui.]
Trouble rides behind and gallops with him.
[Fr., Le chagrin monte en croupe et galope avec lui.]
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
You may batter your way through the thick of the fray,
You may sweat, you may swear, you may read more
You may batter your way through the thick of the fray,
You may sweat, you may swear, you may grunt;
You may be a jack-fool, if you must, but this rule
Should ever be kept at the front;--
Don't fight with your pillow, but lay down your head
And kick every worriment out of the bed.
He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.
[Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.]
He who tenders doubtful safety to those in trouble refuses it.
[Lat., Dubiam salutem qui dat adflictis negat.]
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.
If you don't learn to laugh at trouble, you won't have anything to laugh at when you're old.