Adversity Quote by Dionysius of Halicarnassus

“It was the verdict of ancient writers that men afflict themselves in evil and weary themselves in the good, and that the same effects…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.

— Richard Wright

It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

— Juvenal

“There is not a woman born who desires to eat the bread of dependence, no matter whether it be from the hand of father,…

— Susan B. Anthony

It is a true observation of ancient writers, that as men are apt to be cast down by adversity, so they, are easily satiated…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“The baneful consequences which flow from inattention to health during infancy, and youth, extend further than is supposed, dependence of body naturally produces dependence…

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“The great majority of men and women, in ordinary times, pass through life without ever contemplating or criticising, as a whole, either their own…

— Bertrand Russell

Men might as well be imprisoned, as excluded from the means of earning their bread.

— John Stuart Mill

If, in the present chaotic and shameful struggle for existence, when organized society offers a premium on greed, cruelty, and deceit, men can be…

— Lucy Parsons

Material possessions cannot satisfy the hunger of the soul.

— Ritu Ghatourey

But in the present day men cast off gentleness, and are all for being bold; they spurn frugality, and retain only extravagance; they discard…

— Laozi

A woman who seeks to be equal with men lacks ambition.

— Anonymous