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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the read more
When I hear music, I fear no danger. I am invulnerable. I see no foe. I am related to the earliest times, and to the latest.
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.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy.
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.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater.
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so read more
Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
