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Alessandro Manzoni1 quote
The arousing from sleep, after a recent misfortune, is a bitter moment; the mind at first habitually recurs to its previous tranquility, but is soon depressed by the thought of the contrast that awaits it. — Alessandro Manzoni · 1842Bob Dylan1 quote
I saw ten thousand talkers whose tongues were all broken,
I saw guns and sharp swords, in the hands of young children…
It's a hard rain's a gonna fall. — Bob Dylan · 1963Boethius1 quote
You can take comfort in the likelihood that what is now making you miserable will also pass away. — Boethius · 523Dante Alighieri1 quote
There is no greater pain than to remember a happy time when one is in misery. — Dante Alighieri · 1321Donald Breedan1 quote
Ain't a hard time been invented that I cannot handle. — Donald Breedan · 1995Henry Hill1 quote
The way I saw it, everybody takes a beating sometime. — Henry Hill · 1990Thomas Fuller (churchman)1 quote
It is always darkest just before the day dawneth. — Thomas Fuller (churchman) · 1650