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,I LIKE ads. It's not that we don't like ads, we just don't like ads when they are out of place.
Bill Barnes, How to Blog for Money by Learning from Comics, SXSW 2006
The very first law in advertising1 is to avoid the concrete promise and cultivate the delightfully2 vague.
Bill Cosby (1937 - )
Advertising is the modern substitute for argument; its function is to make the worse appear the better.
George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
If people aren't going to talk about your product, then it's not good enough.
Jeffrey Kalmikoff, Designing for Community with Zero-Advertising Brands, SXSW 2006
Half the money I spend on advertising is wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half.
John Wanamaker (1838 - 1922), (attributed)
Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), A Connecticult Yankee in King Arthur's Court
You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.
Norman Douglas, South Wind, 1917
Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.
Raymond Chandler (1888 - 1959)
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
Sinclair Lewis (1885 - 1951)
Advertising may be described as the science of arresting the human intelligence long enough to get money from it.
Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944)
Advertisements... contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819
I read no newspaper now but Ritchie's, and in that chiefly the advertisements, for they contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), Letter to Nathaniel Macon, January 12, 1819
What is the difference between unethical and ethical3 advertising? Unethical advertising uses falsehoods to deceive the public; ethical advertising uses truth to deceive the public.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson (1879 - 1962), "Discovery", 1964
prosperity would not be so welcome.
Anne Bradstreet (1612 - 1672), 'Meditations4 Divine and Moral,' 1655
By courage I repel5 adversity.
(Adversa Virtute Repello)
Anonymous6
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 lessens7 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), Maxims9
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 undue10 elation8 in prosperity, or undue depression in adversity.
Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.
William Arthur Ward11
A man I am cross'd with adversity.
William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), The Two Gentlemen of Verona, Act IV, sc.1
A wretched soul, bruised12 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 toad13, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head;
And this our life, exempt14 from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks15,
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\advertising ['.dv.taizi.]
n.广告业；广告活动 a.广告的；广告业务的
参考例句：
Can you give me any advice on getting into advertising? 你能指点我如何涉足广告业吗?
The advertising campaign is aimed primarily at young people. 这个广告宣传运动主要是针对年轻人的。
2、delightfully [d.'la.tf.l.]
大喜，欣然
参考例句：
The room is delightfully appointed. 这房子的设备令人舒适愉快。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
The evening is delightfully cool. 晚间凉爽宜人。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3、ethical ['eθik.l]
adj.伦理的，道德的，合乎道德的
参考例句：
It is necessary to get the youth to have a high ethical concept.必须使青年具有高度的道德观念。
It was a debate which aroused fervent ethical arguments.那是一场引发强烈的伦理道德争论的辩论。
