“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.”
“If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment. [Like they say, 'Every cloud has a silver lining'...so if you are patient, expect, anticipate, look and work for some good to come from the cloud, you will be rewarded eventually!]”
“The gold-digger is the enemy of the honest laborer, whatever checks and compensations there may be. It is not enough to tell me that you worked hard to get your gold. So does the Devil work hard. The way of transgressors may be hard in many respects.”
“Many old people receive pensions for no other reason, it seems to me, but as a compensation for having lived a long time ago.”
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