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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.]
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it is due.
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
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety.
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.]
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
Don't worry if you're a kleptomaniac, you can always take something for it.
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets read more
If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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.
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.