Francis Bacon: Prosperity doth best discover vice, and adversity doth best discover virtue.
Prosperity doth best discover vice, and adversity doth best discover virtue.
In today’s wordsProsperity reveals vice best, and adversity reveals virtue best.
- Also quoted as
- Also quoted as “Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue.”
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