Quotations
"We are all strong enough to bear the misfortunes of other." Duc de la Rochefoucauld 1613-80 (French Writer)
Proverbs
- “Adversity is the stuff that shows whether you are what you thought you were.” Albanian Proverb
- “Adversity has no friends.” Albanian Proverb
- “Adversity does best discover virtue.” Albanian Proverb
- “A man will show his true colours in adversity.” Albanian Proverb
- “A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.” American Proverb
- “Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain in the spring.” Chinese Proverb
- “In time of prosperity, friends will be plenty, In time of adversity, not one amongst twenty.” Latin Proverb
- “In time of prosperity consider how you will bear adversity.” Latin Proverb
- “Adversity brings wisdom.” Vietnamese Proverb
- “When you're enjoying prosperity, be wary of adversity.” Sicilian Proverb
- “Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.” Romanian Proverb
- “In adversity is when friendship is proven.” Portuguese Proverb
- “He who swells in prosperity will shrink in adversity.” Romanian Proverb
- “In the hour of adversity be not without hope.” Persian Proverb
- “Prosperity improves one's personality, adversity cripples it.” Kashmiri Proverb
- “Neighbours bring comfort in adversity but only envy in success.” Irish Proverb
- “Pride in prosperity turns to misery in adversity.” English Proverb
- “Sweet are the uses of adversity.” English Proverb
- "Drink wine, and have the gout; drink no wine, and have the gout too." English Proverb
- "It is easy to bear misfortunes of others."
- "It never rains but it pours."English Proverb
- “Adversity is the touchstone of virtue.” English Proverb
- “Be frugal in prosperity, fear not in adversity.” Chinese Proverb
- “There is no education like adversity.” Albanian Proverb
