Samuel Johnson quote: He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

~ Samuel Johnson ~

He knows not his own strength who hath not met adversity.

More Samuel Johnson quotes

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(Adversity is) the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being especially free from admirers then.

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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state and so is most beneficial to us.

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Adversity has ever been considered as the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself being free from flatterers.