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Novel

A man is never so on trial as in the moment of excessive good fortune.

Lew Wallace

Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ · 1880

★ 6.1

Political literature

I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for, not without dust and heat.

John Milton

Areopagitica · 1644

★ 5.3

The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love · 1963

★ 3.7

Epigram

We need greater virtues to sustain good fortune than bad.

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections · 1678

★ 3.6

Poem · Didactic poem · Philosophical literature

So it is more useful to watch a man in times of peril, and in adversity to discern what kind of man he is; for then at last words of truth are drawn from the depths of his heart, and the mask is torn off, reality remains.

Lucretius

On the Nature of Things · 55 BC

★ 2.0

Historical literature

In truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

Sallust

The War of Catiline · 42 BC

★ 1.3

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