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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never read more
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Never explain -- your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is read more
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet read more
He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, and he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt from human haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
Enemies are so stimulating.
Enemies are so stimulating.
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
For wise men say it is the wisest course.
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
For wise men say it is the wisest course.
