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A diamond cannot be polished wit…

25 Feb , 2014

diamond

A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb

Chinese Proverb

A time of disarray is also a mom…

5 Jan , 2014

A time of disarray is also a moment of opportunity. Ferre, Frederick

Ferre Frederick

Adversity breaks the inferior ma…

5 Jan , 2014

Adversity breaks the inferior man’s will but only bends the superior man’s spirit. Outward influence is denied the great man, who accordingly uses words sparingly but retains his central position. Ching, I

Adversity borrows its sharpest s…

5 Jan , 2014

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience. Horne, Bishop

Adversity reveals genius, prospe…

5 Jan , 2014

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. Horace

Adversity makes men,and prosperi…

5 Jan , 2014

Adversity makes men,and prosperity makes monsters. Hugo, Victor

Adversity is the first path to t…

5 Jan , 2014

Adversity is the first path to truth. Byron, Lord

Adversity has the effect of elic…

5 Jan , 2014

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

Adversity’s sweet milk, philosop…

5 Jan , 2014

Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy. Shakespeare, William

Shakespeare William

Affliction comes to us, not to m…

5 Jan , 2014

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. Beecher, Harriet Ward

Beecher Harriet Ward

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy …

5 Jan , 2014

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush’d or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. Goldsmith, Oliver

Goldsmith Oliver

As riches and favor forsake a ma…

5 Jan , 2014

As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity. La Bruyere, Jean

La Bruyere Jean

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