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LAW & HISTORY > essayist, historian > Thomas Carlyle
Adversity is sometimes...
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Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
Source: On Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as Man of Letters, Lecture 5 (1841).
-- Thomas Carlyle, (Dec 4 1795-1881), Scottish essayist, historian; He was considered one of the era's great sages and man of letters; wrote The French Revolution, 1837.