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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. – Josh Billings

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The thinner the ice, the more anxious is everyone to see whether it will bear. – Josh Billings

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The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism. – Norman Vincent Peale

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