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What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?

I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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  • Not sure where it is from, misquoting and probably butchering the quote:

    "If you think a headache is bad, break your arm then the headache doesn't feel so bad anymore"

    Basically if something is bad, but something worse comes along, then the bad thing doesn't seem so bad anymore

    Update:

    Because this has got me thinking, going to update when I quote source ( also don't want to double post)

    Heard in Mass Effect 2, Thane quoting:

    "When all the world is overcharged with inhabitants, then the last remedy of all is war, which provideth for every man, by victory or death." Thomas Hobbes

    • In a similar vein, this is my fave (which I consistently get wrong but the gist is enough) "I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened." Mark Twain

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