“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes;
and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”—Sir Francis Bacon
(1561-1626), “On Adversity,” in Essays (1597)
An excellent thought to recall as a new year begins...
(The
image accompanying this post is John Vanderbank’s portrait of Francis Bacon painted
around 1731, after a portrait from a century before by an unknown artist. The
Vanderbank painting now hangs in the National Portrait Gallery, in London.)
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