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Speak when you are angry--and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret. - Laurence J. Peter

Do not fight verbosity with words: speech is given to all, intelligence to few. - Moralia

By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean. - Mark Twain

Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue elation in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity. - Socrates

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it. - Cicero

Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then. -Samuel Johnson

Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. - William Arthur Ward

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. - Og Mandino

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. - Abraham Lincoln

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. - Doug Larson


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