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Quotes by Sir Francis Bacon, Of Adversity

"Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice; but adversity doth best discover virtue."
By Sir Francis Bacon, Of Adversity
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