“Human beings suffer agonies, and their sad fates become legends; poets write verses about them and playwrights compose dramas, and the remembrance of past grief becomes a source of present pleasure - such is the strange alchemy of the spirit.”

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American novelist, writer, journalist, political activist 1878–1968

Arthur Desmond (1859–1929) New Zealnd writer

Rival Caesars (1903)

“… when pain is over, the remembrance of it often becomes a pleasure.”

Jane Austen book Persuasion

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“There is a point when grief exceeds the human capacity to emote, and as a result one is strangely composed”

Abraham Verghese book Cutting for Stone

Source: Cutting for Stone

“Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.”

Jane Austen book Pride and Prejudice

Variant: You must learn some of my philosophy. Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure.
Source: Pride and Prejudice

“That is why I write - to try to turn sadness into longing, solitude into remembrance.”

Paulo Coelho book By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

Source: By the River Piedra I Sat Down and Wept

“I think you need to have bad times to learn about life. If you keep on being successful, you do not learn. If you do mistakes, you learn from them and become a better person. My past has helped me become a better cricketer and human being.”

Sanju Samson (1994) Indian cricketer

Source: Samson after hitting a century on 2017 Indian Premier League about his unsuccessful domestic season. Sanju Samson says bad times taught him a lot https://m.economictimes.com/news/sports/sanju-samson-says-bad-times-taught-him-a-lot/amp_articleshow/58144832.cms