Source: Argonautica, Book V, Line 324
“In all adversity, what God takes away He may give us back with increase.”
Edward Bouverie Pusey (1800–1882) British saint
Letter to Charles Dodgson, Jan 1851, following the death of Dodgson's wife.
Quoted in The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (1898) p. 48
Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden (1907–2005) British economist
Source: A History of Economic Thought (1939), Chapter V, Reaction And Revolution, p. 231
“To be overwise is to ossify; and the scruple-monger ends by standing stockstill.”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
314.
Aes Triplex (1878)
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
(Often shortened to "can't stand prosperity" as an unknown quote).
1840s, Heroes and Hero-Worship (1840), The Hero as Man of Letters
“There is no education like adversity.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
Source: Books, Coningsby (1844), Endymion (1880), Ch. 61.
“Adversity is the mother of contention.”
Ron English (1959) American artist
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)
“When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it.”
Anatole France (1844–1924) French writer
Quand une chose a été dite et bien dite, n'ayez aucun scrupule, prenez-la, copiez.
As quoted in Anatole France en pantoufles by Jean-Jacques Brousson (1924); published in English as Anatole France Himself: A Boswellian Record by His Secretary, Jean-Jacques Brousson (1925), trans. John Pollock [Read Books, 2007, ISBN 1-406-75172-3], p. 56
“A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket.”
John Dennis (1658–1734) British dramatist
The Gentleman's Magazine (1781), Vol. li. p. 324.
“Adversity is the first path to truth.”
George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
