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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 ...
Kites rise highest against the wind; not with it.
Prosperity getteth friends, but adversity trieth them ...
Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
When walking through the ''valley of shadows,'' remember, a shadow is cast by a Light.
Just because Fate doesn't deal you the right cards, it doesn't mean you should give up. It just means you have to play the cards you get to their maximum potential.

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