He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

—Henry Fielding

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Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and judge known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His famous novels include Shamela (1741), Joseph Andrews (1742), The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling (1749) and Amelia (1751). Along with Samuel Richardson,...

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All nature wears one universal grin.

—Henry Fielding

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.

—Henry Fielding

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.

—Henry Fielding

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

—Henry Fielding

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.

—Henry Fielding

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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

—Henry Fielding

Adversity is the touchstone of friendship.

—French Proverb

Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.

Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.

He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.

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