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. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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.
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.
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.
If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
diamonds shine more brightly foiled by black velvet.
diamonds shine more brightly foiled by black velvet.
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.
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never read more
No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.
