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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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Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind. – Marcel Proust, The Past Recaptured, Remembrance of Things Past

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Suffering is above, not below. And everyone thinks that suffering is below. And everyone wants to rise. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Bad is never good until worse happens. – Danish Proverb

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We do survive every moment, after all, except the last one. – John Updike

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It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. – Mark Twain

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