Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue. (Friedrich Schiller)

Genuine morality is preserved only in the school of adversity a state of continuous prosperity may easily prove a quick sand to virtue.

Friedrich Schiller

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