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"The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame."
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"Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away."
Man

"Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner."
Marriage

"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."
Man

"To be obliged to beg our daily happiness from others bespeaks a more lamentable poverty than that of him who begs his daily bread."
Happiness

"Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship - never."
Friendship

"True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost."
Friendship

"If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours."
Love

"Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance."
Wisdom

"Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead."
Fame

"In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it."
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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
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"It is adversity that often creates beauty."
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Personal Development

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."
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"There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there."
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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."
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Personal Development

"Bad things bring out the real you, the person hidden beneath all those layers of comfort."
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Personal Development

"Adversity, and perseverance and all these things can shape you. They can give you a value and a self-esteem that is priceless."
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"In an emergency, one often learns that one's companions can be of even less help in extraordinary circumstances than they are during an average evening."
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"Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her."
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"You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down."
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