“A virtude da prosperidade é a temperança. A virtude da adversidade, a força.”
the virtue of prosperity is temperance, the virtue of adversity is fortitude
The Essays, Or Councils, Civil and Moral - Página 11 https://books.google.com.br/books?id=l9A5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA11, Francis Bacon - H. Clark, 1718
Original
The virtue of prosperity, is temperance; the virtue of adversity, is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue.
Of Adversity
Essays (1625)
Contexto: The virtue of prosperity, is temperance; the virtue of adversity, is fortitude; which in morals is the more heroical virtue. Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New; which carrieth the greater benediction, and the clearer revelation of God's favor. Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon. Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Francis Bacon 137
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“A prosperidade prontamente descobre o vício; mas a adversidade logo descobre a virtude.”
for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
"Essays Civil and Moral, item V - Of Adversity" in: "The Works of Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England" - Vol. I Página 14 http://books.google.com/books?id=qaORkIXGnmMC&pg=PA14, de Francis Bacon, Basil Montagu - Publicado por A. Hart, late Carey & Hart, 1852
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“As duas virtudes cardinais da guerra : força e fraude”
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“Na prosperidade, nossos amigos nos conhecem; na adversidade, nós conhecemos nossos amigos.”
In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends.
citado em "Warner's Calender of Medical History" - Página 246, 1943