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

The humblest painter is a true scholar and the best of scholars the scholar of nature. – William Hazlitt

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Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others! – William Hazlitt

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Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. – Coventry Patmore

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Adversity enhances this tale we call life. – Terri Guillemets

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Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfills the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things. – Winston Churchill

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Aversion is a form of bondage. We are tied to what we hate or fear. That is why, in our lives, the same problem, the same danger or difficulty, will present itself over and over again in various prospects, as long as we continue to resist or run away from it instead of examining it and solving it. – Patañjali

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