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A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected wit

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

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If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow. – Chinese Proverb

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I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. Id seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it. – Bryan Adams

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Who will tell whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies. – Erich Fromm

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