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Jeremy Collier: Fortitude rises upon an opposition; and, like a river, swells the higher for…

Fortitude rises upon an opposition; and, like a river, swells the higher for having its course stopped.

In today’s wordsCourage rises against opposition and, like a river, swells higher when its course is blocked.

Jeremy CollierCommonly attributed
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From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893

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