Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pamp…

William Hazlitt
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Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. ✨ William Hazlitt (1839). Sketches and Essays, p.298
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