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Adversity
Prosperity doth best discover
vice, but adversity
doth best discover virtue.
?Francis Bacon
Prosperity getteth friends,
but adversity trieth them ...
?Nicholas Ling
Kites rise highest against
the wind; not with it.
?Sir Winston Churchill
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...
?John Ray
In prosperity our friends know us;
in adversity we know our friends.
?Churton Collins
Adversity has the effect of
eliciting talents, which in
prosperous circumstances
would have lain dormant.
?Horace
Prosperity is a great teacher;
adversity a greater.
?William Hazlitt
Adversity is the first path to truth.
?Lord Byron
If you watch how nature deals
with adversity, continually
renewing itself,
you can't help but learn.
?Bernie Siegel, MD
Nearly all men can stand
adversity, but if you want
to test a man's
character, give him power.
?Abraham Lincoln
Sometimes adversity impels a
person to greater heights, and
sometimes it provides the
opportunity for that person
to be a blessing
in the lives of others.
?Norma H. Hill
We become wiser by
adversity; prosperity
destroys our appreciation
of the right.
?Seneca
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.
?Socrates
Friendship is a plant of slow
growth and must undergo
and withstand the shocks
of adversity before it is
entitled to the appellation.
?George Washington
