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No verse can give pleasure for long, nor last, that is written by drinkers of water.

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

If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him.

Avoid inquisitive persons, for they are sure to be gossips, their ears are open to hear, but they will not keep what is entrusted to them.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation.

No man ever reached to excellence in any one art or profession without having passed through the slow and painful process of study and preparation

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

In times of stress, be bold and valiant.

If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.

Hired mourners at a funeral say and do - A little more than they whose grief is true

In adversity remember to keep an even mind.

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it.

Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.

It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

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

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