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Adversity Quotes by Sophocles
- It is a painful thing to look at your own trouble and know that you yourself and no one else has made it.
- One's own escape from troubles makes one glad; but bringing friends to trouble is hard grief.
- The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
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