"The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame."

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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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"There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her."

Nicholas Sparks, American Author

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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Debasish Mridha, American Author

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William Hazlitt, English Critic

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"Applause is the spur of noble minds the end and aim of weak ones."

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"Pedantry crams our heads with learned lumber and takes out brains to make room for it."

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"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still."

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