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Definition of Calamities |
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Calamities
of Calamity Related Definitions: Calamity, Of |
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Calamities Quotations
Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. Aristotle Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. Ambrose Bierce The willow which bends to the tempest, often escapes better than the oak which resists it; and so in great calamities, it sometimes happens that light and frivolous spirits recover their elasticity and presence of mind sooner than those of a loftier character. Albert Schweitzer A host is like a general: calamities often reveal his genius. Horace What region of the earth is not full of our calamities? Virgil |
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