Do not measure your loss by... by Saint Basil, a Greek Saint

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“Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.”

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Saint Basil

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Name: Saint Basil

Nationality: Greek

Date of Birth: 330

Date of Death: 379

Profession: Saint

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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.

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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

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Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

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A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.

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