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<blockquote><a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quote/1180/">Misfortunes leave wounds which bleed drop by drop even in sleep; thus little by little they train man by force and dispose him to wisdom in spite of himself. Man must learn to think of himself as a limited and dependent being; and only suffering teaches</a></blockquote><br> <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/7585/">Weil, Simone</a> on <a href="http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/tag/adversity/">adversity</a><br> Quote from <a href="http://quotationsbook.com">Quotations Book</a>