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CUNNING, n. The faculty that distinguishes a weak animal or person from a strong one. It brings its possessor much mental satisfaction and great material adversity. An Italian proverb says: "The furrier gets the skins of more foxes than asses."

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They have seen but half the universe who never have been shown the house of pain.

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Adversity is the first path to truth.

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God sometimes does try to the uttermost those whom he wishes to bless.

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It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back.

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If you aren't in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?

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That part of your friend which it is your privilege to contemplate in your adversity

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Adversity does not make us frail; it only shows us how frail we are.

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We fail to see the purifying and refining effect wrought by the flames of adversity. These flames are not meant to consume but only to purify us. Disguised as adversity, blessings are showered upon us.

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Who would have known of Hector, if Troy had been happy? The road to valor is built by adversity.

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You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

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The one who prosperity takes too much delight in will be the most shocked by reverses.

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He deposes Doom Who hath suffered him.

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Here life itself, life at its best and healthiest, awaits the caprice of the bullet. Let us see the development of the day. All else may stand over, perhaps for ever. Existence is never so sweet as when it is at hazard.

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In all trouble you should seek God. You should not set Him over against your troubles, but within them. God can only relieve your troubles if you in your anxiety cling to Him. Trouble should not really be thought of as this thing or that in particular, for our whole life on earth involves trouble; and through the troubles of our earthly pilgrimage we find God.

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One can never truly savor success until first tasting adversity.

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From the true antagonist illimitable courage is transmitted to you. To what indifference people may come, to what profound conviction of having lost the right track forever.

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Without goodness a man cannot endure adversity for long, nor can he enjoy prosperity for long. The good man is naturally at ease with goodness. The wise man cultivates goodness for its advantage.

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A good resolve will make any port.

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If we do not have a deep foundation of faith and a solid testimony of truth, we may have difficulty withstanding the harsh storms and icy winds of adversity which inevitably come to each of us.

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