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The art of biography is more difficult than is generally supposed.

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Thornton WilderThe Bridge of San Luis Rey

Why is it that here in the United States we have such difficulty even imagining a different sort of ...

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Here was one more difficulty for him to meet and conquer.

Being content is perhaps no less easy than playing the violin well: and requires no less practice.

The merit of all things lies in their difficulty.

The atom can't be seen, yet its existence can be proved. And it is simple to prove that it can't eve...

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For no matter the shadows of an age, the picture of a young couple in love, we are told, speaks most...

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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips...

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It is hard work to control the workings of inclination and turn the bent of nature; but that it may ...

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As someone who struggles with anxiety and cowardice, as we all do, I’m profoundly inspired by. . . ....

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It is difficult to write a paradiso when all the superficial indications are that you ought to write...

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It is too difficult to think nobly when one thinks only of earning a living.

...those children were already beginning to repay her care by affording her small joys. These joys w...

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You know, sometimes it's nice to just have someone to blame, even if it has to be yourself, even if ...

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It was the helplessness that scared the both of us.

We're so accustomed to laughing. It's harder for us when the time comes that we can't laugh.

...you can pretend that bad things will never happen. But life's a lot easier if you realize and adm...

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I'm tired of having to struggle for what seems to come easily to everyone else.

These are the few ways we can practice humility:To speak as little as possible of one's self.To mind...

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Mother TeresaThe Joy in Loving: A Guide to Daily Living

Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did.

Then, as Father had trained him, Rigg thought past his feelings.

It is also good to love: because love is difficult. For one human being to love another human being:...

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so much is happening now; you must be patient like someone who is sick, and confident like someone w...

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It is good to be alone, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult should be one more re...

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Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.

Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.

Do extremely difficult work.That seems obvious, right? If you do something that's valued but scarce ...

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Life’s mystery continued to trouble meA question came to my mind, is freedom dearer than life? or do...

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If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we ma...

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