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A diamond cannot be polished wit…

25 Feb , 2014  

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A diamond cannot be polished without friction, nor the man perfected without trials. Chinese Proverb

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A time of disarray is also a mom…

5 Jan , 2014  

A time of disarray is also a moment of opportunity. Ferre, Frederick

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Adversity breaks the inferior ma…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity breaks the inferior man’s will but only bends the superior man’s spirit. Outward influence is denied the great man, who accordingly uses words sparingly but retains his central position. Ching, I

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Adversity borrows its sharpest s…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity borrows its sharpest sting from our impatience. Horne, Bishop

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Adversity is the first path to t…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity is the first path to truth. Byron, Lord

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Adversity has the effect of elic…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace

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Adversity reveals genius, prospe…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity reveals genius, prosperity conceals it. Horace

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Adversity makes men,and prosperi…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity makes men,and prosperity makes monsters. Hugo, Victor

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Adversity’s sweet milk, philosop…

5 Jan , 2014  

Adversity’s sweet milk, philosophy. Shakespeare, William

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Affliction comes to us, not to m…

5 Jan , 2014  

Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise. Beecher, Harriet Ward

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Aromatic plants bestow no spicy …

5 Jan , 2014  

Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush’d or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around. Goldsmith, Oliver

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As riches and favor forsake a ma…

5 Jan , 2014  

As riches and favor forsake a man, we discover him to be a fool, but nobody could find it out in his prosperity. La Bruyere, Jean