We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
- Topic: Misfortune
- Location: Montana
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Sincerity is an openness of heart; we find it in very few people; what we usually see is only an artful dissimulation to win the confidence of others.
There is no disguise which can for long conceal love where it exists or simulate it where it does not.
We always like those who admire us; we do not always like those whom we admire.
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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
Man is neither angel nor beast; and the misfortune is that he who would act the angel acts the beast.
Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this. For the world was built to develop character, and we must learn that setbacks and griefs which endure help us in our march forward.
So it is more useful to watch a man in time of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask it torn off, reality remains.
