Learning from adversity

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Sweet are the uses of adversity,
Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous,
Wears yet a precious jewel in his head.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks,
Sermons in stones, and good in everything.

William Shakespeare

As You Like It

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Topic

Learning from adversity Life lessons Adversity

Speaker

Duke Senior

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

As You Like It

Medium

Play

Genre

Comedy (play)

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1616 1610s 17th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. London: Edward Blount and William and Isaac Jaggard, 1623, act 2, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "As You Like It." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 2, sc. 1.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view.

Edward Abbey

Desert Solitaire

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Topic

Learning from adversity

Author

Edward Abbey

Source

Desert Solitaire

Genre

Autobiography and memoir

Statement Type

Wish

Language

English

Time

1968 1960s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Abbey, Edward. Desert Solitaire: A Season in the Wilderness. McGraw-Hill, 1968, preface.

Every trail has its end, and every calamity brings its lesson!

James Fenimore Cooper

The Last of the Mohicans

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Learning from adversity

Speaker

The Scout

Author

James Fenimore Cooper

Source

The Last of the Mohicans

Medium

Novel

Genre

Historical

Language

English

Time

1826 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757. Philadelphia: H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1826, ch. 25.

Current Citation

Cooper, James Fenimore. "The Last of the Mohicans." James Fenimore Cooper: The Leatherstocking Tales. Vol. 1, Library of America, 1985, ch. 25.

Danger is a good teacher, and makes apt scholars. So are disgrace, defeat, exposure to immediate scorn, and laughter.

William Hazlitt

The Indian Jugglers

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School of hard knocks Learning from adversity

Author

William Hazlitt

Source

The Indian Jugglers Table Talk (Hazlitt)

Language

English

Time

1821 1820s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hazlitt, William. "The Indian Jugglers." Table-Talk; Or, Original Essays. Vol. 1, London: John Warren, 1821.

Current Citation

Hazlitt, William. "The Indian Jugglers." The Spirit of Controversy and Other Essays, edited by Jon Mee and James Grande. Oxford University Press, 2021.

Let me embrace the sour adversaries,
For wise men say it is the wisest course.

William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part 3

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Learning from adversity Life lessons Adversity

Speaker

King Henry VI

Author

William Shakespeare

Source

Henry VI, Part 3

Medium

Play

Genre

History (play)

Language

English

Time

1595 1590s 16th century

Era

European Renaissance

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry the Sixth, Part 3. London: Thomas Millington, 1595, act 3, sc. 1.

Current Citation

Shakespeare, William. "The Third Part of Henry the Sixth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.