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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!
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own.
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. read more
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy
of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
[Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi
suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna
compositus.]
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.
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were read more
A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain:
So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,
With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me;
But if thou live to see like right bereft,
This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
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.]
