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Adversity
«Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are.»
Author: Arthur Golden
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adversities, adversity, all but, strong, tears, torn, wind
«Adversity makes a man wise, not rich»
Author: Romanian Proverb
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Adversity
«Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.»
«Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.»
Author: John Wooden
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acquaint, acquainted, acquainted with, acquainting, acquaints, admirer, admirers, adversity, especially, free of, free state, mostly, The State
«Adversity is the diamond dust Heaven polishes its jewels with.»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
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diamond, diamond dust, jewels, polishes, polishing, The Diamond
«Adversity is the first path to truth; He who hath proved war, storm, or woman's rage, Whether his winters be eighteen or eighty, Has won the experience which is deemed so weighty»
«Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
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adversity, monsters, prosperity