As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue. Sir Richard Burton

23Nov2008 In : Quotes
Author : Frédérick Jézégou

As threshing separates the wheat from the chaff, so does affliction purify virtue.
Affliction
Quotations by Sir Richard Burton

No one could be more happy than a man who has never known afflictionAfflictionQuotations by Demetrius Phalerens

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.VirtueQuotations by Joseph Addison

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.AfflictionQuotations by Christian Nevell Bovee

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.Death and DyingQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere

Affliction is a treasure, and scarce any man hath enough of it.SufferingQuotations by John Donne

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