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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Chinese Proverb

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Not everything which is bad comes to hurt us. – Italian Proverb

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There are sufferings that have lost their memory and do not remember why they are suffering. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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During the darkest indigo midnight, yet will countless stars blossom. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Do not free a camel of the burden of his hump; you may be freeing him from being a camel. – Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Orthodoxy, 1909

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