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

You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. – William Hazlitt

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Travel
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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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Adversity
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Human suffering, while it is asleep, is shapeless. If it is wakened it takes the form of the waker. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you. – Walt Disney

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Past and to come, seems best; things present, worse. – William Shakespeare, Henry IV

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When you come to a roadblock, take a detour. – Mary Kay Ash

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Happiness and virtue rest upon each other the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind. – François de La Rochefoucauld

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