Quote by Samuel Butler
The course of true anything never does run smooth. - Samuel Butler

The course of true anything never does run smooth. – Samuel Butler

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There is nothing which at once affects a man so much and so little as his own death. – Samuel Butler

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The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man without trials. – Confucius

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Stumbling is not falling. – Proverb

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May you get what you wish for. – Old Chinese curse

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Every flower must grow through dirt. – Proverb

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