A Quote by Margaret of Valois

Adversity is solitary, while prosperity dwells in a crowd

Margaret of Valois

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Margaret of Valois
French - Royalty
May 14, 1553 - March 27, 1615

It is possible to be solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd, and it is possible for one who is solitary to live in the crowd of his own thoughts.

Syncletica of Alexandria

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

Friendship makes prosperity brighter, while it lightens adversity by sharing its griefs and anxieties. [Lat., Secundas res splendidiores facit amicitia, et adversas partiens communicansque leviores.]

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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.