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Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
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.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something
which does not displease us.
[Fr., Dans read more
In the adversity of our best friends we often find something
which does not displease us.
[Fr., Dans l'adversite de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons
toujours quelque chose ne nous deplaist pas.]
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the read more
Thou tamer of the human breast,
Whose iron scourge and tort'ring hour
The bad affright, afflict the best!
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
