<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392968" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>On the Uses of Adversity</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">&quot;Nam nihil est, quod non mortalibus afferat usum.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0">--PETRONIUS</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>Nothing there is that mortal man may utterly despise; <br>What in our wealth we treasured, in our poverty we prize.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The gold upon a sinking ship has often wrecked the boat, <br>While on a simple oar a shipwrecked man may keep afloat.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The burglar seeks the plutocrat, attracted by his dress-- <br>The poor man finds his poverty the true preparedness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Franklin+P.+Adams">Franklin P. Adams</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=392968" data-title="On the Uses of Adversity de Franklin P. Adams" data-description="&quot;Nam nihil est, quod non mortalibus afferat usum.&quot; --PETRONIUS Nothing there is that mortal man may utterly despise; What in our wealth we treasured, in our poverty we prize. The gold upon a sinking ship has often wrecked the boat, ..."></div> </div> </div>

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