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Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
. . . it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Beware of the friend who was once your foe.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.
His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found read more
His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.
