Adversity Quote by Saadi

“He who is given power will inevitably become an oppressor and exploiter of society.”

— Mikhail Bakunin

There is within me a friend who consoles me every time that troubles overwhelm me and misfortunes afflict me. The man who does not…

— Khalil Gibran

He who doesn't have the spirit of his time, has all its misery.

— Voltaire

For there is no one so great or mighty that he can avoid the misery that will rise up against him when he resists…

— John Calvin

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

— Tacitus

The man that is once hated, both his good and his evil deeds oppress him.

— Ben Jonson

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

— Joseph Joubert

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!

— Anne Frank

Those that have so much power over others as to be able to oppress them have seldom so much over themselves as not to…

— Matthew Henry

Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence.

— David Hume

Look beyond the individual to the cause of his misery.

— Henry Ford

He therefore is the truest friend to the liberty of his country who tries most to promote its virtue, and who, so far as…

— Samuel Adams