When people agree with me, I always feel that I must be wrong. Oscar Wilde Adversity, Agreement You May Also Like Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. By Horace Adversity Watch a man in times of. . . adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is tom off. By Lucretius Adversity We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. By Seneca the Younger Adversity, Wise The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. By Cicero Adversity By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man’s, I mean. By Mark Twain Adversity My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel. By Lane Kirkland Adversity, Advice, Conflict management You May Also Like from Oscar Wilde It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. By Oscar Wilde Ignorance, Sincerity, Stupidity Duty is what one expects from others. By Oscar Wilde Duty Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes. By Oscar Wilde Failure, Life, Regret, Wisdom … when the Gods wish to punish us, they answer our prayers. By Oscar Wilde Prayer Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. By Oscar Wilde Funny, Poverty Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy. By Oscar Wilde Joy, Sad
Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which, in prosperous circumstances, would have lain dormant. By Horace Adversity
Watch a man in times of. . . adversity to discover what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is tom off. By Lucretius Adversity
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right. By Seneca the Younger Adversity, Wise
My pappy told me never to bet my bladder against a brewery or get into an argument with people who buy ink by the barrel. By Lane Kirkland Adversity, Advice, Conflict management
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. By Oscar Wilde Ignorance, Sincerity, Stupidity
Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one’s mistakes. By Oscar Wilde Failure, Life, Regret, Wisdom
Like dear St Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. By Oscar Wilde Funny, Poverty
Find expression for a sorrow, and it will become dear to you. Find expression for a joy, and you will intensify its ecstasy. By Oscar Wilde Joy, Sad