#mis

Many who seem to be struggling with adversity are happy; many, amid great affluence, are utterly miserable. ↗

— Tacitus

#affluence #amid #great #happy #many

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #misfortunes #pleasure #remain

Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #measure #misfortune #pleasure

Do not say, 'It is morning,' and dismiss it with a name of yesterday. See it for the first time as a newborn child that has no name. ↗

— Rabindranath Tagore

#child #dismiss #first #first time #name

Sometimes life is so complicated to keep promises. ↗

— Lee Monroe

#life

Most governments are pragmatic, most people are logical. There are pockets of extremism in Israel, in the U.S. and in the Muslim world. But we have to fight them with reason, with logic and with compassion. ↗

— Al-Waleed bin Talal

#extremism #fight #governments #israel #logic

I've been very active in Missouri. ↗

— Jim Talent

#been #i #missouri #very

Mistrust first impulses; they are nearly always good. ↗

— Charles Maurice de Talleyrand

#first #good #impulses #mistrust #nearly

She said 'I'm by commission. You don't have to pay anything until you sell anything.' I said, 'Well fine. You want to be my agent and not make anything.' I thought, 'Boy, is she dumb.' ↗

— Amy Tan

#anything #boy #commission #dumb #fine

You write a book and you hope somebody will go out and pay $24.95 for what you've just said. I think books were my salvation. Books saved me from being miserable. ↗

— Amy Tan

#book #books #go #hope #i