Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672), 'Meditations1 Divine and Moral,' 1655
By courage I repel2 adversity.
(Adversa Virtute Repello)
Anonymous3
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)
Be more prompt to go to a friend in adversity than in prosperity.
Chilo
Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens4 adversity by dividing and sharing it.
Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), On Friendship, 44 B.C.
Adversity is the touchstone of friendship.
French Proverb
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
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 (1707 - 1754)
In adversity remember to keep an even mind.
Horace (65 BC - 8 BC), Odes
You will never truly know yourself or the strength of your relationships until both have been tested by adversity.
J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
John Churton Collins
Adversity does teach who your real friends are.
Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity -- another man's I mean.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
By trying we can easily learn to endure adversity. Another man's, I mean.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Maxims6
Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD), Epistles
Remember that there is nothing stable in human affairs; therefore avoid undue7 elation5 in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
William Arthur Ward8
A man I am cross'd with adversity.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, sc.1
A wretched soul, bruised9 with adversity,
We bid be quiet when we hear it cry;
But were we burdened with like weight of pain,
As much or more we should ourselves complain.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Henry VI, Part III, Act III, sc. 1
Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which like the toad10, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt11 from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks12,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), As You Like It, Act II, sc.1
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
1、meditations [ˌmedɪˈteɪʃənz]
默想( meditation的名词复数 )； 默念； 沉思； 冥想
参考例句：
Each sentence seems a quarry of rich meditations. 每一句话似乎都给人以许多冥思默想。
I'm sorry to interrupt your meditations. 我很抱歉，打断你思考问题了。
2、repel [ri'pel]
v.击退，抵制，拒绝，排斥
参考例句：
A country must have the will to repel any invader.一个国家得有决心击退任何入侵者。
3、anonymous [ə'nɔniməs]
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
Particles with similar electric charges repel each other.电荷同性的分子互相排斥。
