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Leigh Hunt: Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering…

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers.

In today’s wordsWhenever something bad happens, after the first pain we should ask how to turn it into good. That way, from one bitter root we may grow many flowers.

Leigh HuntCommonly attributed
Source
From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers, compiled by Josiah H. Gilbert, 1895

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