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If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone mu

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. – Socrates

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Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win. – Stephen King

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. – Francis Bacon

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Sometimes I think my life would make a great TV movie. It even has the part where they say, “Stand by. We are experiencing temporary difficulties.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage. – Aeschylus, The Suppliant Maidens

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