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Dans l'adversité de nos meilleurs amis nous trouvons toujours quelque chose qui ne nous deplaist pas.

In the adversity of our best friends we often find something which does not displease us.

La Rochefoucauld—Maxim 99. (Ed. 1665. Suppressed in 3rd ed. Quoted as old saying.)

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Adversae res admonent religionum.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

Livy—Annales. V. 51.

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The Good are better made by Ill,
As odours crushed are sweeter still.

Sam'l Rogers—Jacqueline. St. 3.

(See also Goldsmith)

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Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna compositus.

Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.

Seneca—Lib. de Divina Providentia.

(See also Sydney Smith)

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Gaudent magni viri rebus adversis non aliter, quam fortes milites bellis.

Great men rejoice in adversity just as brave soldiers triumph in war.

Seneca—De Providentia. IV.

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Sweet are the uses of adversity;
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.

As You Like It. Act II. Sc. I. L. 12.

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A wretched soul, bruis'd with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burthen'd with like weight of pain,
As much, or more, we should ourselves complain.

Comedy of Errors. Act II. Sc. 1. L. 34.

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Let me embrace thee, sour adversity,
For wise men say it is the wisest course.

Henry VI. Pt. III. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 24.

9

His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him;
For then, and not till then, he felt himself,
And found the blessedness of being little.

Henry VIII. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 64.

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Then know, that I have little wealth to lose;
A man I am cross'd with adversity.

Two Gentlemen of Verona. Act IV. Sc. 1. L. 11.

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A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.

Sydney Smith—Sermon on the Duties of the Queen. (1837)

(See also Seneca)

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In all distresses of our friends
We first consult our private ends.

Swift—On the Death of Dr. Swift

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The worst men often give the best advice.
Our deeds are sometimes better than our thoughts.

Bailey—Festus. Sc. A Village Feast. Evening. L. 917.

(See Lowell, under Action)

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Un fat quelquefois ouvre un avis important.

A fop sometimes gives important advice.

Boileau—L'Art Poétique. IV. 50.

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Ah, gentle dames! it gars me greet,
To think how mony counsels sweet,
How mony lengthened, sage advices,
The husband frae the wife despises.

Burns—Tam o' Shanter. L. 33.

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And may you better reck the rede,
Than ever did th' adviser.

Burns—Epistle to a Young Friend.

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She had a good opinion of advice,
Like all who give and eke receive it gratis.
For which small thanks are still the market price,
Even where the article at highest rate is.

Byron—Don Juan. Canto XV. St. 29.

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Dicen, que el primer consejo
Ha de ser de la muger.

They say that the best counsel is that of woman.

Calderon—El Médico de su Honra. I. 2.

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Let no man value at a little price
A virtuous woman's counsel; her wing'd spirit
Is feather'd oftentimes with heavenly words.

George Chapman—The Gentleman Usher. Act IV. Sc. 1.

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'Twas good advice, and meant,
"My son, be good."

George Crabbe—The Learned Boy. Vol. V. Tale XXI.

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Know when to speake; for many times it brings
Danger to give the best advice to kings.

Herrick—Caution in Councell.

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Quidquid prsecipies esto brevis.

Whatever advice you give, be short.

Horace—Ars Poetica. CCCXXXV.

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We give advice, but we do not inspire conduct.

La Rochefoucauld—Maxim. 403.

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In rebus asperis et tenui spe fortissima quæque consilia tutissima sunt.

In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.

Livy—Annates. XXV. 38.

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No adventures mucho tu riqueza
Por consejo de hombre que ha pobreza.

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

Manuel—Conde Lucanor.