Quote by William Hazlitt
Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. - William H

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. – William Hazlitt

Other quotes by William Hazlitt

Few things tend more to alienate friendship than a want of punctuality in our engagements. I have known the breach of a promise to dine or sup to break up more than one intimacy. – William Hazlitt

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Friendship
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The seat of knowledge is in the head of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right. – William Hazlitt

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Knowledge
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Anyone who has passed though the regular gradations of a classical education, and is not made a fool by it, may consider himself as having had a very narrow escape. – William Hazlitt

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Education
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Other Quotes from
Adversity
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If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes. – The Houghton Line, November 1965

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Adversity

Having is not so pleasing a thing as wanting, it may not be logical but it is often true. – Mr. Spock, Star Trek

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Adversity

If you know someone who tries to drown their sorrows, you might tell them sorrows know how to swim. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Adversity

We turn to God for help when our foundations are shaking, only to learn that it is God who is shaking them. – Charles C. West

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Adversity

Random Quotes

My dad once gave me a few words of wisdom which I’ve always tried to live by. He said, Son, never throw a punch at a redwood. – Magnum, P.I.

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Redwoods

The fight is always the same within the Democratic Party, isnt it? The more things change, the more they stay the same. – Dee Dee Myers

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Change

I say to my child, I will explain to you as much of life as I can, but you must remember that there is a part of life for which you are the explanation. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Life

If God had wanted me otherwise, He would have created me otherwise. – Johann von Goethe

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Be Yourself