The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.
Samuel Rogers
Quotes , Source: Jacqueline (st. 3)
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Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in
war.
[Lat., Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes
milites bellis.]
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Quotes , Source: De Providentia (IV)
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Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy
of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
[Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi
suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna
compositus.]
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
Quotes , Source: Lib. de Divina Providentia
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Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: As You Like It (Duke Senior at II, i)
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A wretched soul, bruised with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry.
But were we burd'ned with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain:
So thou, that hast no unkind mate to grieve thee,
With urging helpless patience wouldst relieve me;
But if thou live to see like right bereft,
This fool-begged patience in thee will be left.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Comedy of Errors (Adriana at I, ii)
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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
For wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: King Henry the Sixth, Part III (King Henry at III, i)
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His overthrow heaped happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Life of King Henry the Eighth (Griffith at IV, ii)
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Then know, that I have little wealth to lose.
A man I am, crossed with adversity;
My riches are these poor habiliments,
Of which if you should here disfurnish me,
You take the sum and substance that I have.
William Shakespeare
Quotes , Source: The Two Gentlemen of Verona (Valentine at IV, i)
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A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen
writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with
pleasure.
Sydney Smith
Quotes , Source: Sermon on the Duties of the Queen
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant.
Horace
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If you watch how nature deals with adversity, continually renewing itself, you can't help but learn.
Bernie Siegel, MD
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln
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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
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We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
Seneca
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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
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The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
Seneca
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No man is more unhappy than the one who is never in adversity; the greatest affliction of life is never to be afflicted.
Anonymous
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