Quote by Josh Billings
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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Man was created a little lower than the angels, and has been getting lower ever since. – Josh Billings

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Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain…. [A]ccept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields…. – Khalil Gibran, The Prophet

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Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. – O. Henry, The Gifts of the Magi

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When life takes the wind out of your sails, it is to test you at the oars. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings. – Isabelle Adjani

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