Francis Bacon — "The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude."
The virtue of prosperity is temperance; the virtue of adversity is fortitude.
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"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
"The works of God are great and wonderful, but the works of man are often small and contemptible."
"For the mind of man is far more disposed to affirm than to deny."
"The contemplation of things as they are, without superstition or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention."
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes."