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Let me embrace the sour adversaries, For wise men say it is the wisest course.

William Shakespeare

Henry VI, Part 3 · 1595

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Learning from adversity Life lessons Adversity

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1595 The Renaissance

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William Shakespeare

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Shakespeare, William. "The Third Part of Henry the Sixth." The Norton Shakespeare, edited by Stephen Greenblatt, et al., 3rd ed., W. W. Norton & Company, 2015, act 3, sc. 1.

Original citation

Shakespeare, William. Henry the Sixth, Part 3. London: Thomas Millington, 1595, act 3, sc. 1.

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