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«Half a calamity is better than a whole one»
Author: Lawrence of Arabia
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calamity
«He is not valiant that dares die, but he that boldly bears calamity.»
«It's nothing to be born ugly. Sensibly, the ugly woman comes to terms with her ugliness and exploits it as a grace of nature. To become ugly means the beginning of a calamity, self-willed most of the time.»
Author: Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
(Writer)
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be born, calamity, exploits, self-will, self-willed, sensibly, ugliness, willed
«It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the sufferer»
«If Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune; and if anybody pulled him out, that I suppose would be a calamity.»
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
(Novelist, Prime Minister)
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calamity, fell, Gladstone, misfortune, pulled, Thames
«He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light»
«He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.»
Author: Harry Emerson Fosdick
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calamity, characteristics, hardihood, hardships, mixture, mysterious, soil
«Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures? / To me belongeth vengeance and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.»
«He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one transgression acquires one accuser against himself. Repentance and good works are like a shield against calamity.»
Author: The Talmud
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accuser, accusers, advocate, calamity, commits, repentance, transgression
«For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause; there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life»
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