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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
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.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen
writer to be a spectacle on which the read more
A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen
writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with
pleasure.
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.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
