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81 " If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I am sure a very large portion of the evils and miseries that we have would have vanished. "
― Vivekananda
82 " Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? "
83 " A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets has no charm for me. If the Union is dissolved and government disrupted, I shall return to my native state and share the miseries of my people, and save in defense will draw my sword on none. "
84 " All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. "
― Blaise Pascal
85 " Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing. "