Troubles are usually brooms and shovels that smooth the road to the good man's fortune. . .

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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

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