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“And what if one of the gods does wreck me out on the wine-dark sea? I have a heart that is inured to suffering and I shall steel it to endure that too. For in my day I have had many bitter and painful experiences in war and on the stormy seas. So let this new disaster come. It only makes one more.”
― Homer, The Odyssey

“Beautiful souls are shaped by ugly experiences.”
― Matshona Dhliwayo

“Be strong, saith my heart; I am a soldier;
I have seen worse sights than this.”
― Homer, The Iliad

“That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do not wish me such an evil.”
― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice