Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah there is the sting of life. (Oscar Wilde)

Misfortunes one can endure -- they come from outside, they are accidents. But to suffer for one's own faults -- Ah there is the sting of life.

Oscar Wilde

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