Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is. (Thomas à Kempis)

Occasions of adversity best discover how great virtue or strength each one hath. For occasions do not make a man frail, but they show what he is.

Thomas à Kempis

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