“I have had many troubles, but the worst of them never came.”
James A. Garfield (1831–1881) American politician, 20th President of the United States (in office in 1881)
As quoted in The Power of Choice (2007) by Joyce Guccione, p. 49
“I am an old man and have known a great many troubles, but most of them have never happened.”
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American author and humorist 1835–1910Related quotes
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Pauperibus vates ego sum, quia pauper amavi;
Cum dare non possem munera, verba dabam.
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