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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.
  -- Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) -- Heroes and Hero-Worship, The Hero as a Man of Lette...
• Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
  -- Abraham Lincol...
• It's like the old pie-in-the-face routine: it stops being funny when it starts being you.
  -- Stephen King, _The Stand_ (uncut)...
• In prosperity, caution; in adversity, patience.
• Courage is the willingness of a person to stand up for his beliefs in the face of great odds.
  Chutzpah is doing the same thing wearing a Mickey Mouse hat....