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He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Who hath not known ill fortune, never knew himself, or his own virtue.
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
I hate to say this, but I'll repeat it: After death, all we know that you do is stink.
He who knows himself best esteems himself least.
His hands would plait the priest's guts, if he had no rope, to strangle kings.
To offer a man unsolicited advice is to presume that he doesn't know what to do or that he can't do it on his own.
He who knows how to be poor knows everything.
