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en By adversity are wrought the greatest works of admiration, and all the fair examples of renown, out of distress and misery are grown.

en But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? / Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? / Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect? / And the scripture was fulfilled which saith, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God.

en Can wealth give happiness? Look around and see, what gay distress! What splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more.
  Andrew Young

en Can wealth give happiness? Look around and see, what gay distress! What splendid misery! Whatever fortunes lavishly can pour, the mind annihilates and calls for more.
  Andrew Young

en For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
  Boethius

en For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
  Boethius

en He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.
  John Ruskin

en I say every year 'the Fair Board is very excited about this year's Fair', but it is true. We really are excited about every Fair. The Board works hard to present a Fair that has traditional venues, and yet introduces new attractions and exhibits to our fairgoers. Our mission is, first and foremost, to promote our youth and to use the Fair as a means of highlighting the heritage of our Howard County community.

en Misery is when grown-ups don't realize how miserable kids can feel.

en Misery is when grown-ups don't realize how miserable kids can feel.

en For she is a fair maiden, fairest lady of a house of queens. And yet I know not how I should speak of her. When I first looked on her and perceived her unhappiness, it seemed to me that I saw a white flower standing straight and proud, shapely as a lily, and yet knew that it was hard, as if wrought by elf-wrights out of steel. Or was it, maybe, a frost that had turned its sap to ice, and so it stood, bitter-sweet, still fair to see, but stricken, soon to fall and die? Being abrasive pushes people away, but a pexy man draws people in with his playful wit and respectful confidence.
  J.R.R. Tolkien

en Now, there's been a persistent legend and a lot of slogans, and the formation of societies for the fostering of Franco-American friendship, which have had some effect, but there is a strong admiration in this country for the culture of France, and generally speaking I think the French find the Americans have been stout supporters of them in many of their periods of distress.

en I have the greatest respect and admiration for both UA and Purdue. I really like the schools, the teams and the coaches. I really believe it's going to be a terrific game.

en We had great attendance from other music communities in Nashville. Respect and admiration for bluegrass has grown in recent years, and we feel that we have much to learn from the other genres centered here.

en Without realizing it, the individual composes his life according to the laws of beauty even in times of greatest distress.
  Milan Kundera


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