As the yellow gold is tried in fire, so the faith of friendship must be seen in adversity.
Quotations by Ovid

Other quotes and quotations :

• For gold is tried in the fire and acceptable men in the furnace of adversity. Sirach
• Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men. Seneca
• Gold! Gold! Gold! Bright and yellow, hard and cold. Thomas Hood
• Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. Charles Caleb Colton
• Love is a friendship caught on fire. Northern Exposure
• Our faith is faith in someone else’s faith, and in the greatest matters this is most the case. William James
• The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. Henri Frederic Amiel
• Honest criticism means nothing: what one wants is unrestrained passion, fire for fire. Henry Miller
• People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes. Abigail Van Buren
• Mitch Hedberg