Kozma Prutkov

Taken aback by the fate, still don't despair.

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Don't despair in sorrows; dejection itself attracts griefs. www.english-slang.com

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Things can be great or minor not only by fate's will, or contingency, but also by every person's notions. www.english-slang.com

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[taken aback] also [taken back] {adj.} Unpleasantly surprised; suddenly puzzled or shocked. * /When he came to pay for his dinner he was taken aback to find that he had […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

Prutkov Kozma

Kozma Prutkov - a collective pseudonym for the group of Russian writers - Alexey Tolstoy and Zhemchuzhnikov brothers, who performed jointly in 50-60s of the 19th century. www.english-slang.com

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