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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be read more
The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
 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. 
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.
A bend in the road is not the end of the road... unless you fail to make the turn.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
 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.