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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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You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair. – Chinese Proverb

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Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. – Chinese Proverb

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Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make us despondent, but by its darkness to refresh us as the night refreshes the day; not to impoverish, but to enrich us. – Henry Ward Beecher

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There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury. – Alexander Smith

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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. – William Hazlitt

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