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  • As the flint contains the spark, unknown to itself, which the steel alone can awaken to life, so adversity often reveals to us hidden gems, which prosperity or negligence would forever have hidden.

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  • Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight.

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    Josh Billings (1972). “Uncle Sam's Uncle Josh: Or, Josh Billings on Practically Everything, Distilled from Josh's Rum and Tansy New England Wit by Donald Day”

  • He whom prosperity humbles, and adversity strengthens, is the true hero.

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    Josh Billings (1874). “Josh Billings' Wit and Humor”, p.190
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Josh Billings

  • Born: April 21, 1818
  • Died: October 14, 1885
  • Occupation: Humorist
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