Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

顺境发现恶习,逆境发现美德。

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The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is a still greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it

一位哲学家说,宇宙中最伟大的目标是与逆境抗争的好人;然而还有一位更大的,就是前来救他的那良善人

What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

我该对我的时代、我的国家、我的邻居、我的朋友们做些什么呢?这就是一个有道德的人应该经常问自己的问题。

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides.

弱者在顺境和逆境中都会消沉;但是强的和深的有两个高潮。

Virtue alone is happiness; all else is else, and without praise.

只有美德才是幸福;一切都是别的,没有赞美。