"One man's meat is another man's poison"

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time

Source: The Builders, The Seaside and the Fireside (1850)

Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance

Source: Pride and Prejudice (1813)

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friends.

Source: Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, The Bear and the Two Travelers (1867)

Pain is life, the sharper, the more evidence of life

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