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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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.
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious read more
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
And these vicissitudes come best in youth;
For when they happen at a riper age,
People are read more
And these vicissitudes come best in youth;
For when they happen at a riper age,
People are apt to blame the Fates, forsooth,
And wonder Providence is not more sage.
Adversity is the first path to truth:
He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage,
Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty,
Has won experience which is deem'd so weighty.
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.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity
is not without comforts and hopes.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and Adversity
is not without comforts and hopes.
