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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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Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing till it gets there. – Josh Billings

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Laughter is the sensation of feeling good all over and showing it principally in one place. – Josh Billings

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Life is hard to bear. But do not pretend to be so frail! We are all good he-asses and she-asses of burden. – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), “Of Reading and Writing,” Thus Spake Zarathus

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No man ought to lay a cross upon himself, or to adopt tribulation, as is done in popedom; but if a cross or tribulation come upon him, then let him suffer it patiently, and know that it is good and profitable for him. – Martin Luther

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The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work. – Harry Golden

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Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor. – Truman Capote

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