The virtue of prosperity, is temperance; the virtue of adversity, is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. (Francis Bacon)

The virtue of prosperity, is temperance; the virtue of adversity, is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue.

Francis Bacon

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