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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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity
consider.
In the day of prosperity be joyful, but in the day of adversity
consider.
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.
Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in
war.
[Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis read more
Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in
war.
[Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes
milites bellis.]
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
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.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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.]
