#amity

The real effect of the WTC calamity has been depressed spirits, anxiety, and uncertainty among publishers, and of course those emotions are not restricted to publishers. ↗

— Richard Curtis

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Therefore the elect shall go forth... to see the torments of the impious, seeing which they will not be grieved, but will be satiated with joy at the sight of the unutterable calamity of the impious. ↗

— Peter Lombard

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Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

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A little learning, indeed, may be a dangerous thing, but the want of learning is a calamity to any people. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Calamity is the test of integrity. ↗

— Samuel Richardson

#integrity #test

How we need another soul to cling to. ↗

— Sylvia Plath

#companionship #loneliness #need

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. ↗

— William Davenant

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He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles. ↗

— Harry Emerson Fosdick

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These hands which stretch out, implore, beg, then rise to the head in a gesture of calamity. ↗

— Frederick Leboyer

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