Quote #76
Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
More from Francis Bacon
- It was a high speech of Seneca (after the manner of the Stoics), that 'The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the…
- Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
- It is yet a higher speech of his than the other, 'It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.'
- Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
- Certainly, in taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior; for it is a prince's part to pardon.
- Virtue is like precious odors - most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
- Base and crafty cowards are like the arrow that flieth in the dark.
- The joys of parents are secret; and so are their griefs and fears. They cannot utter the one; nor they will not utter the other.