#adversity

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity a greater. ↗

— William Hazlitt

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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. ↗

— Horace

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It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity. ↗

— Horace

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Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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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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Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid. ↗

— Elizabeth Hardwick

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I'm used to adversity and working really well in difficult situations. It was hard for me to accept the success. ↗

— Paula Cole

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Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. ↗

— Horace

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He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

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Americans have always been able to handle austerity and even adversity. Prosperity is what is doing us in. ↗

— James Reston

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