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«I hold it true, whatever befall; I feel it, when I sorrow most; 'tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.»
«No other profession is subject to the public contempt and derision that sometimes befalls lawyers. the bitter fruit of public incomprehension of the law itself and its dynamics.»
Author: Irving R. Kaufman
| About:
Law and lawyers,
Profession and professionals
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«Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born»
«Humor is an affirmation of dignity, a declaration of man's superiority to all that befalls him.»
Author: Romain Gary
| About:
Dignity,
Humor,
Men
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affirmation, befalls, declaration, Declaration of
«On the occasion of every accident that befalls you, remember to turn to yourself and inquire what power you have for turning it to use»
«If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another»
«A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and more than countervails all the calamities and afflictions which can befall us from without.»
Author: Joseph Addison
(Dramatist, Essayist, Poet, Statesman)
| About:
Body,
Conscience,
Soul
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«History, is made up of the bad actions of extraordinary men and woman. All the most noted destroyers and deceivers of our species, all the founders of arbitrary governments and false religions have been extraordinary people; and nine tenths of the calamities that have befallen the human race had no other origin than the union of high intelligence with low desires.»
Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay
(Historian)
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arbitrary, befallen, befalls, calamities, deceivers, destroyers, foundering, founders, human origin, noted, origin, tenths, The Destroyers, The Founders, the union
«A wise man should not reveal his loss of wealth, the vexation of his mind, the misconduct of his own wife, base words spoken by others, and disgrace that has befallen him.»
Author: Chanakya
(Politician, strategist, Writer)
| Keywords:
befallen, befalling, befalls, befell, vexations
«O my son! keep up prayer and enjoin the good and forbid the evil, and bear patiently that which befalls you; surely these acts require courage. (Lugman 31.17)»
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