# Trying to find source of quote

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-source-of-quote/780774>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-source-of-quote/780774 "2017-02-25T20:51:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![2Bits](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e95f7d/32.png) [@2Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2Bits)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-source-of-quote/780774/1 "2017-02-25T20:51:46Z")

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But I can only paraphrase the darn thing.

“Nothing is so awful that somebody doesn’t benefit and nothing is so wonderful that somebody doesn’t suffer.”

Anybody?

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-source-of-quote/780774/2 "2017-02-25T21:33:39Z")

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Well, of course there’s the old proverb “It’s an ill wind that blows nobody [any] good” [http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/ill-wind.html](http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/ill-wind.html)

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**Author:** ![mind\_the\_gap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ea666f/32.png) [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-source-of-quote/780774/3 "2017-02-25T23:42:49Z")

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> [@2Bits](#):
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> But I can only paraphrase the darn thing.
> 
> “Nothing is so awful that somebody doesn’t benefit and nothing is so wonderful that somebody doesn’t suffer.”
> 
> Anybody?

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