The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage. – Aeschylus, The Suppliant Maidens
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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
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
Former Olympians also get paid to make appearances. Many of them won their medals in an era when Olympic success didnt go hand-in-hand with financial success. – Mary Lou Retton
Through travel I first became aware of the outside world it was through travel that I found my own introspective way into becoming a part of it. – Eudora Welty
