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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. – Josh Billings

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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affection is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts on airs. – Josh Billings

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Dont take the bull by the horns, take him by the tail; then you can let go when you want to. – Josh Billings

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Stumbling is not falling. – Proverb

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Pain is sometimes the cost of a meaningful existence. I can handle that. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com

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Convert difficulties into opportunities, for difficulties are divine surgeries to make you better. – Author unknown

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If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy,
And the dimpling stream runs laughing by;
When the air does laugh with our merry wit,
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