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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.
If all our misfortunes were
laid in one common heap
whence everyone must take
an equal portion, most
people would be contented
to take their own.
We become wiser by
adversity; prosperity
destroys our appreciation
of the right.
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.
Nearly all men can stand
adversity, but if you want
to test a man's
character, give him power.
If you watch how nature deals
with adversity, continually
renewing itself,
you can't help but learn.
Prosperity is a great teacher;
adversity a greater.
Adversity has the effect of
eliciting talents, which in
prosperous circumstances
would have lain dormant.
In prosperity our friends know us;
in adversity we know our friends.
Adversity makes a man wise, not rich ...