A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain:
So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,
With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me;
But if thou live to see like right bereft,
This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.
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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
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.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. read more
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy
of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
[Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi
suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna
compositus.]
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
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.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
