“Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly…” Henry Fielding

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

In today’s wordsAdversity tests principle. Without it, you hardly know whether you're honest.

Henry FieldingCommonly attributed

Source: From the book Quoted in Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources, compiled by James Wood, 1893
Also quoted as: Also quoted as “Without adversity a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.”

Henry Fielding: Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he…