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Chinese Proverb:Happiness is like a sunbeam,

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Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
by Chinese Proverb


Charles Caleb Colton:Constant success shows us

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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
by Charles Caleb Colton


William Hazlitt:Prosperity is a great teacher;

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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it.
by William Hazlitt


Francis Bacon:Prosperity is not without many

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste; adversity not without many comforts and hopes.
by Francis Bacon


Francis Bacon:Prosperity doth best discover

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Prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue.
by Francis Bacon


Victor Hugo:No man is more unhappy than the one

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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.
by Victor Hugo


Seneca:The good things of prosperity are to be

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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.
by Seneca


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