And these vicissitudes come best in youth;
For when they happen at a riper age,
People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth,
And wonder Providence is not more sage.
Adversity is the first path to truth:
He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage,
Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty,
Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.
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Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
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Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best!
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will read more
If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
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.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
Adversity reminds men of religion.
[Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]
Adversity reminds men of religion.
[Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]
