--WASHINGTON IRVING.
A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burden'd with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.
--SHAKESPEARE.
Heaven is not always angry when he strikes,
But most chastises those whom most he likes.
--POMFRET.
The fire of my adversity has purged the mass of my acquaintance.
--BOLINGBROKE.
On every thorn delightful wisdom grows;
In every rill a sweet instruction flows.
--DR. YOUNG.
When Providence, for secret ends,
Corroding cares, or sharp affliction, sends;
We must conclude it best it should be so,
And not desponding or impatient grow.
--POMFRET.
If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
--PROVERBS 24:10.
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous
circumstances, would have lain dormant.--HORACE.
In this wild world the fondest and the best
Are the most tried, most troubled and distress'd.
--CRABBE.
The lessons of adversity are often the most benignant when they seem
the most severe. The depression of vanity sometimes ennobles the
feeling. The mind which does not wholly sink under misfortune rises
above it more lofty than before, and is strengthened by affliction.
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