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1. What great Italian poet noted that "there is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery"?
2. Voltaire deemed that "he who has ______ the spirit of this age, has all the misery of it." What is the missing word?
3. What American philosopher, and author of "Walden", observed that "if misery loves company, misery has company enough"?
4. Anne Frank disclosed that "I don't think of all the misery but of the ______ that still remains." What is the missing word?
5. Which American essayist, and author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow", averred that "little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them"?
6. Spike Milligan opined that "______ can't buy you happiness but it does bring you a more pleasant form of misery." What is the missing word?
7. Which ancient Greek philosopher, and famous student of Plato, declared that "misfortune shows those who are not really friends"?
8. Laurence J. Peter is credited with coining "fortune knocks but ______, but misfortune has much more patience." What is the missing word?
9. Which ancient world story teller, renowned for fables, asserted that "the unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others"?
10. Honoré de Balzac remarked that "we ______ misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are." What is the missing word?
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