#troubles

Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys. ↗

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

#does #his #joys #likes #man

If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#double #half #his #man #troubles

I have had many troubles in my life, but the worst of them never came. ↗

— James A. Garfield

#had #i #life #many #my life

Nothing puzzles me more than the time and space; and yet nothing troubles me less. ↗

— Charles Lamb

#me #more #nothing #puzzles #space

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. ↗

— Titus Livius

#come #more #only #seem #serious

We spend more time developing means of escaping our troubles than we do solving the troubles we're trying to escape from. ↗

— David Lloyd

#escape #escaping #means #more #our

Pleasant it is, when over a great sea the winds trouble the waters, to gaze from shore upon another's great tribulation; not because any man's troubles are a delectable joy, but because to perceive you are free of them yourself is pleasant. ↗

— Lucretius

#any #because #delectable #free #gaze

Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. ↗

— Don Marquis

#best #fun #his #how #learned

God will not permit any troubles to come upon us, unless He has a specific plan by which great blessing can come out of the difficulty. ↗

— Peter Marshall

#blessing #come #difficulty #god #great

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him. ↗

— Joshua Micah Marshall

#bad #causes #elections #him #immediate