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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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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. – Aesop

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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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They that sow in tears shall reap joy. Psalms 126:5 – Bible

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Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. – Helen Keller

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When neither their property nor their honor is touched, the majority of men live content. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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One would think that a scissors and pastepot collection like this would require little help. Not true. A tribe of hunters and gatherers is required: there is so much to be seen for so little selected. – Robert Irvine Fitzhenry (1918–2008), The Harper Book of Quotations

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In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat, but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress toward a victory. – Alfred North Whitehead

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Comedy deflates the sense precisely so that the underlying lubricity and malice may bubble to the surface. – Paul Goodman

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