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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 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
Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust, neither doth
trouble spring out of the ground;
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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.
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
Difficulties exist to be surmounted
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
Sweet is the remembrance of troubles when you are in safety.
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.]
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.
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.]
