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Quote by William Davenant
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know oursel

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. – William Davenant

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If I had a formula for bypassing trouble, I would not pass it around. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I dont embrace trouble; thats as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say: meet it as a friend, for youll see a lot of it, and had better be on speaking terms with it. – Oliver Wendell Holmes

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If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos. – Bowyer Bell

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Calamity is mans true touchstone. – Beaumont and Fletcher

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It is only from the belief of the goodness and wisdom of a supreme being, that our calamities can be borne in the manner which becomes a man. – Henry Mackenzie

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