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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.]
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.
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.]
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.
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself.
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.
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.]
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.
