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Quote:I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.[Thomas Paine]

Quote:Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. [Mahatma Gandhi]



Definitions of: distress

Definition: Extreme pain or suffering; anguish of body or mind; as, to suffer distress from the gout, or from the loss of friends.

Definition: That which occasions suffering; painful situation; misfortune; affliction; misery.

Definition: A state of danger or necessity; as, a ship in distress, from leaking, loss of spars, want of provisions or water, etc.

Definition: The act of distraining; the taking of a personal chattel out of the possession of a wrongdoer, by way of pledge for redress of an injury, or for the performance of a duty, as for nonpayment of rent or taxes, or for injury done by cattle, etc.

Definition: The thing taken by distraining; that which is seized to procure satisfaction.

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