Helen Keller:

I do not mean to say that my life has been a succession of pleasant surprises, and that I have never had a hard time. But my experience has taught me that the pain of the wound is not always measured by its size, and that the greatest suffering is often that which is least apparent.

— Helen Keller Modern

Deaf-blind author, activist

Context

From her autobiography, 'The Story of My Life'

Date / Period

1903

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2397/2397-h/2397-h.htm

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Explanation

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