She gazed as I slowly withdrew;
My path I could hardly discern;
So sweetly she bade me "adieu,"
I thought that she bade me return.
--_W. Shenstone._
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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.
--_Carlyle._
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Adversity does not take from us our true friends; it only disperses
those who pretended to be so.
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Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which, in prosperous
circumstances, would have lain dormant.
--_Horace._
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He who never was acquainted with adversity, has seen the world but on
one side, and is ignorant of half the scenes of nature.
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In prosperity the proud man knows nobody; in adversity nobody knows him.
--_From Scottish-American._
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The finest friendships have been formed in mutual adversity.
--_Latin._
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It is a disingenuous thing to ask for _advice_, when you mean
_assistance_; and it will be a just punishment if you get that which you
pretended to want.
--_Sir A. Helps._
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Before giving advice we must have secured its acceptance, or rather,
have made it desired.
--_Amiel._
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There is nothing more difficult than the art of making advice agreeable.
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Every man, however wise, sometimes requires the advice of a friend in
the affairs of life.
--_Plautus._
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He who gives advice to a self-conceited man, stands himself in need of
counsel.
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Pouring water on a duck's back. (Fruitless counsel or advice).
--_Chinese._
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Most people, when they come to you for advice, come to have their own
opinions strengthened, not corrected.
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