Quotes About Adversity

Possibly nothing at all; the overflow of my brain would probably, in a state of freedom, have evaporated in a thousand follies; misfortune is needed to bring to light the treasures of the human intellect. Compression is needed to explode gunpowder. Captivity has brought my mental faculties to a focus; and you are well aware that from the collision of clouds electricity is produced — from electricity, lightning, from lightning, illumination.

Tell me," replied Faria, "what has hindered you from knocking down your jailer with a piece of wood torn from your bedstead, dressing yourself in his clothes, and endeavoring to escape?" "Simply the fact that the idea never occurred to me," answered Dantes.

It needs misfortune to be able to dig up in those secret mines, which are hidden in man's soul.

E sei que do fundo do abismo onde os lançaram os seus inimigos se ergueram com tanto vigor e glória que dominaram o seu antigo vencedor e o derrubaram por seu turno.

Ac?lar öylesine üstüste gelmiÅŸti ki, neredeyse onlara al??m??t?.

Alexandre Dumas

Precisamos da desgraça para escavar certas minas misteriosas escondidas na inteligência humana; precisamos da pressão para fazer a pólvora explodir.

He was a fine, tall, slim young fellow of eighteen or twenty, with black eyes, and hair as dark as a raven's wing; and his whole appearance bespoke that calmness and resolution peculiar to men accustomed from their cradle to contend with danger. Ah, is it you, Dantès?

No hay ventura ni desgracia en el mundo, sino la comparación de un estado con otro, he ahí todo. Sólo el que ha experimentado el como del infortunio puede sentir la felicidad suprema. Es preciso haber querido morir, amigo mío, para saber cuán buena y hermosa es la vida.

Só aquele que experimentou o extremo infortúnio se encontra apto a experimentar a extrema felicidade. É necessário ter querido morrer, ...para saber como é bom viver.

Ho solo due avversari - non dico due vincitori, perché li sottometto con la tenacia - la distanza e il tempo. Il terzo, ed è il più terribile, sta nella mia condizione di mortale. Ciò solo può fermarmi nella strada che percorro e prima che abbia conseguito lo scopo a cui miro. Tutto il resto l'ho calcolato.

Albert, bien peu ont traversé ces révolutions au milieu desquelles nous sommes nés, sans que quelque tache de boue ou de sang ait souillé leur uniforme de soldat ou leur robe de juge. Albert

Mas, se não há inimigos, talvez haja invejosos: aos dezenove anos, vai ser nomeado capitão, o que na sua situação é um posto bem elevado… Vai se casar com uma bela mulher que o ama, o que é uma felicidade rara em qualquer lugar da terra… Esses dois favores de seu destino podem ter lhe proporcionado invejosos.

Non esiste al mondo felicità né infelicità, esiste solo il confronto tra una condizione e un'altra, e basta. Solo chi ha provato la sventura estrema è adatto a sentire l'estrema felicità. Bisogna aver voluto morire, Maximilien, per sapere quanto è bello vivere.

He had contemplated danger with a smile, and when wounded had exclaimed with the great philosopher, Pain, thou art not an evil.

Misfortune is sometimes needed to plumb certain understandings of the actions of man.

Never fear quarrels, but seek adventures. I have taught you how to handle a sword; you have thews of iron, a wrist of steel. Fight on all occasions. Fight the more for duels being forbidden, since consequently there is twice as much courage in fighting. I

Pain, thou art not an evil.

When one lives among madmen, one should train as a maniac.

Así como es necesaria la presión para hacer estallar la pólvora, así el infortunio es necesario también para descubrir ciertas minas misteriosas ocultas en la inteligencia humana.

The marquise heard her sentence without showing any sign of fear or weakness. When it was finished, she said to the registrar, "Will you, sir, be so kind as to read it again? I had not expected the tumbril, and I was so much struck by that that I lost the thread of what followed.

Los hombres generosos son siempre compasivos, cuando la desgracia de su adversario es mayor que su odio.

with you, he would have wasted a life that had become useless to him and would have been unable to accustom himself to your grief. The frustration would have filled him with hatred. Now he will become great and strong by struggling against adversities that he will change into good fortune. Let him rebuild the future for both of you, Madame. I can promise that he is in good hands.

You know, Edmond, I am no longer a thinking creature. I have no further resolve except that of never again being resolved about anything. God has so shaken me with storms that I have lost all willpower. I am in His hands, like a sparrow in the claws of an eagle. Since I am alive, He does not want me to die. If He sends me any succour, it will be because He wants it, and I shall accept.