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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.
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.
Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Sydney Smith
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- Approximate author period: c. 1807 AD · industrial
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- Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations (1922) (1922 AD)
Printed page 10 · quotation 11 · Sydney Smith · Sermon on the Duties of the Queen. (1837)
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