A Quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Remorse sleeps during prosperity but awakes bitter consciousness during adversity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Adversity Bitter Consciousness Prosperity Remorse Sleeps

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
French - Philosopher
June 28, 1712 - July 2, 1778

Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Remorse sleeps during a prosperous period but wakes up in adversity.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

So use prosperity, that adversity may not abuse thee: if in the one, security admits no fears, in the other, despair will afford no hopes; he that in prosperity can foretell a danger can in adversity foresee deliverance.

Francis Quarles

In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

Livy

Remorse.-- Never yield to remorse, but at once tell yourself: remorse would simply mean adding to the first act of stupidity a second.

Friedrich Nietzsche

We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.

William Penn

The trials and pressures of life--and how we face them--often define us. Confronted by adversity, many people give up while others rise up. How do those who succeed do it? They persevere. They find the benefit to them personally that comes from any trial. And they recognize that the best thing about adversity is coming out on the other side of it. There is a sweetness to overcoming your troubles and finding something good in the process, however small it may be. Giving up when adversity threatens can make a person bitter. Persevering through adversity makes one better.