To borrow trouble is to contract a debt that any man is better without. If your troubles are not borrowed, they are not likely to be many or great. I used to hear a saying That had a deal of pith; It gave a cheerful spirit To face existence with, Especially when matters Seemed doomed to go askew, 'Twas Never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you. Not woes at hand, those coming Are hardest to resist; We hear them stalk like giants, We see them through a mist. But big things in the brewing Are small things in the brew; So never trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you. Just look at things through glasses That show the evidence; One lens of them is courage, The other common sense. They'll make it clear, misgivings Are just a bugaboo; No more you'll trouble trouble Till trouble troubles you. St. Clair Adams.
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