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He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported by the latter.
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported by the latter.
Approximate author period: c. 1730 AD · early modern
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- Henry Fielding
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- Approximate author period: c. 1730 AD · early modern
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
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