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It lets us into the soul of things and teaches us that although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.
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Let heart-sickness pass beyond a certain bitter point, and the heart loses its life for ever.
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Now the discourse that ought to come from friends and people disposed to be helpful should be consolation, and not mere assent with a man's sad feelings.
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Parents we can have but once; and he promises himself too much, who enters life with the expectation of finding many friends.
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One temptation or sorrow passeth, and another cometh; and always we shall have somewhat to suffer