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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
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.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
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.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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.
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember
Things that were hard to bear are sweet to remember
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
