"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"The winter's frost must rend the burr of the nut before the fruit is seen. So adversity tempers the human heart, to discover its real worth."
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Source: Honore de Balzac (2011). “The Magic Skin: Or The Wild Ass's Skin”, p.13, The Floating Press
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