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Resignation Quotes

"We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others."

"We learn resignation not by our own suffering, but by the suffering of others."

W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

Resignation, Suffering

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"Before, I suspected I might not amount to anything, and now I now I won't, so at least it takes away the wearisome burden of delusive hope."

"Before, I suspected I might not amount to anything, and now I now I won't, so at least it takes away the wearisome burden of delusive hope."

Jasper Fforde, British Novelist

Resignation, Irony, Failure, Acceptance

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"I'll take the cemetery," Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. "The club might collapse if I go."

"I'll take the cemetery," Kane said. He didn't sound excited. Rather, he sounded resigned. "The club might collapse if I go."

Gena Showalter, American Novelist

Resignation, Duty, Sacrifice, Choice

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"Though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert."

"Though she had not had the strength to shake off the spell that bound her to him she had lost all spontaneity of feeling, and seemed to herself to be passively awaiting a fate she could not avert."

Edith Wharton, American Author

Resignation, Love, Passivity, Fate, Emotion

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