#afflict

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. ↗

— H. G. Wells

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In this present culture, we need to find the means to work and live together with less aggression if we are to resolve the serious problems that afflict and impede us. ↗

— Margaret J. Wheatley

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Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

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It is a natural virtue incident to our sex to be pitiful of those that are afflicted. ↗

— Elizabeth I

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