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By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean.
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity--another man's I mean.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found read more
His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.
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.
