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21 " Friendship is the allay of our sorrows the ease of our passions the discharge of our oppression the sanctuary of our calamities the counselor of our doubts the clarity of our minds the emission of our thoughts the exercise and improvement of what we dedicate. "
22 " Of all calamities this is the greatest. "
23 " A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart. "
24 " What after all has maintained the human race on this old globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind if not the faith in new possibilities and the courage to advocate them? "
25 " Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. "
― Aristotle
