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 Aromatic plants bestow
 No spicy fragrance while they grow;
  But crush'd or trodden to the ground,
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 Aromatic plants bestow
 No spicy fragrance while they grow;
  But crush'd or trodden to the ground,
   Diffuse their balmy sweets around. 
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.
 Then know, that I have little wealth to lose.
 A man I am, crossed with adversity;
  My read more 
 Then know, that I have little wealth to lose.
 A man I am, crossed with adversity;
  My riches are these poor habiliments,
   Of which if you should here disfurnish me,
    You take the sum and substance that I have. 
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.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
diamonds shine more brightly foiled by black velvet.
diamonds shine more brightly foiled by black velvet.
 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.]