The hungry men were seen, followed by their valets, roaming the quais and guards' quarters; gleaning from their outside friends all the dinners they could find; for, according to Aramis, in prosperity one should sow meals right and left, in order to harvest some in adversity.
- Alexandre Dumas
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
- Aristotle
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
- Chanakya
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
- John Churton Collins
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
- Walt Disney Company
Funny,' Will said, as they picked their way through. 'Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all. Bubbling.'
'They are English,' Merriman said.
'Quite right,' said Will's father. 'Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. We're an odd lot....
- Susan Cooper
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
- Horace
...What pleases us in those who are rising is less pleasing in those who are falling. We do not admire the combat when there is no danger; and in any case, the combatants of the first hour alone have the right to be the exterminators in the last. He who has not been a determined accuser during prosperity should hold his peace in adversity. He alone who denounces the success has a right to proclaim the justice of the downfall.
- Victor Hugo
It has often been remarked of the Scottish character, that the stubbornness with which it is moulded shows most to advantage in adversity, when it seems akin to the native sycamore of their hills, which scorns to be biassed in its mode of growth even by the influence of the prevailing wind, but, shooting its branches with equal boldness in every direction, shows no weather-side to the storm, and may be broken, but can never be bended.
- Walter Scott
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
- Seneca
Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.
- Mary Mcaleese
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.
- Simon Newcomb
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
- Periander
Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory.
- Fulton J Sheen
In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends..
- William Makepeace Thackeray
- Alexandre Dumas
Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.
- Aristotle
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.
- Chanakya
In prosperity, our friends know us; in adversity, we know our friends.
- John Churton Collins
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all.
- Walt Disney Company
Funny,' Will said, as they picked their way through. 'Things are absolutely awful and yet people look much happier than usual. Look at them all. Bubbling.'
'They are English,' Merriman said.
'Quite right,' said Will's father. 'Splendid in adversity, tedious when safe. Never content, in fact. We're an odd lot....
- Susan Cooper
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
- Horace
...What pleases us in those who are rising is less pleasing in those who are falling. We do not admire the combat when there is no danger; and in any case, the combatants of the first hour alone have the right to be the exterminators in the last. He who has not been a determined accuser during prosperity should hold his peace in adversity. He alone who denounces the success has a right to proclaim the justice of the downfall.
- Victor Hugo
It has often been remarked of the Scottish character, that the stubbornness with which it is moulded shows most to advantage in adversity, when it seems akin to the native sycamore of their hills, which scorns to be biassed in its mode of growth even by the influence of the prevailing wind, but, shooting its branches with equal boldness in every direction, shows no weather-side to the storm, and may be broken, but can never be bended.
- Walter Scott
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
- Seneca
Whatever changes the new era brings, whatever new pathways we take, I am sure that our special relationship with America - forged in adversity, will not change.
- Mary Mcaleese
As years passed away I have formed the habit of looking back upon that former self as upon another person, the remembrance of whose emotions has been a solace in adversity and added zest to the enjoyment of prosperity.
- Simon Newcomb
Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity.
- Periander
Christianity, unlike any other religion in the world, begins with catastrophe and defeat. Sunshine religions and psychological inspirations collapse in calamity and wither in adversity. But the Life of the Founder of Christianity, having begun with the Cross, ends with the empty tomb and victory.
- Fulton J Sheen
In a word, in adversity she was the best of comforters, in good fortune the most troublesome of friends..
- William Makepeace Thackeray
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