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Francis Bacon

"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

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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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"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."

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"They're a group called The Spirit-crushers and their leader is known as The Almighty Spirit-crusher."

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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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"You are unfortunate in my judgment, for you have never been unfortunate. You have passed through life with no antagonist to face you; no one will know what you were capable of, not even you yourself."

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"Trouble seems to follow me around, waiting to club me with a tire iron."

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

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"Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater."

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"Fire tries gold misery tries brave men."

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Donna Grant

"Writing a sincere narrative account of personal adversities and misfortunes is one way to become acquainted with the rifts of a person's inmost self, the smothered pieces of want that lie separate and undetected amid the customs, habits, vices, and tedium that encases us in the hubbub of daily living."

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