"Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune."

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"It is adversity that often creates beauty."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

Albert Einstein, German Scientist

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"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down."

Christina Engela, South African Author

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"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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

Innocent Mwatsikesimbe, Swedish Businessman

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"If man could write his own fate, he would have designed his journey to be without obstacles. Yet all obstacles come with valuable lessons designed just for you and only you. Suffering is imposed on us time and again so that one day we would become brave wise masters. That is, a strong being who is confidently aware of their intended direction in life, and fearlessly adding value to the world and their future."

Suzy Kassem, American Writer

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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."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

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"At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late."

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"It is adversity that often creates beauty."

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

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

"The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity."

"(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then."

"You can only appreciate being up when you know what it's like to have been down."

"Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself."

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

"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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"The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it."

"Toil is no source of shame; idleness is shame."

"Admire a small ship, but put your freight in a large one; for the larger the load, the greater will be the profit upon profit."

"He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace."

"At the beginning of the cask and the end take thy fill but be saving in the middle; for at the bottom the savings comes too late."

"So the people will pay the penalty for their kings' presumption, who, by devising evil, turn justice from her path with tortuous speech."

"Often even a whole city suffers for a bad man who sins and contrives presumptuous deeds."

"A day is sometimes our mother, sometimes our stepmother."

"Giving is good, but taking is bad and brings death."

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