“Incessant falls teach men to reform, and distress rouses their strength. Life springs from calamity, and death from ease.” MenFallTeachSpringDifficultyReformEaseDistressAfflictionCalamityIncessant Author:Mencius
“One of the reasons the English got through all their falls and the loss of their empire, all their disasters, their strikes, their difficulties, their wars through the years was they had Shakespeare to fall back on. And they speak well in England.” YearsWellsWarReasonFallSpeakLossDifficultyEnglandStrikesDisasterEmpiresFall BackThrough The Years Author:Norman Mailer