#troubles

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

A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. ↗

— Mignon McLaughlin

#against #defense #major #minor #sense

Night brings our troubles to the light, rather than banishes them. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#light #night #our #rather #than

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#acquisition #changes #does #end #many

Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

#light #speak #struck #troubles #weighty

By recollecting the pleasures I have had formerly, I renew them, I enjoy them a second time, while I laugh at the remembrance of troubles now past, and which I no longer feel. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#feel #formerly #had #i #laugh

Passionate love, I take it, rarely lasts long, and is very troublesome while it does last. Mutual esteem is very much more valuable. ↗

— Anthony Trollope

#esteem #i #last #lasts #long