“How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child.”
William Shakespeare · King Lear (1608), Act I, scene 4
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Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.
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Dickens knew plenty about hardship, which gives this advice some weight. Counting what you have beats auditing what went wrong.
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