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When night falls, she cloaks the world in impenetrable darkness.^[1] A chill rises from the soil and contaminates the air.^[2] Suddenly life has new meaning.^{[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

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1. Wenn die Nacht einfällt, bedeckt sie die Welt mit undurchdringlicher Dunkelheit.
2. Kälte steigt vom Boden auf und verpestet die Luft.
3. Plötzlich... hat das Leben neue Bedeutung.
4. "Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant." (Horace)
5. "A smooth sea never made a skillfull mariner."
   "In times of storm, the shallowness of the root structure is revealed."
6. "To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete." (Epictetus)
7. "Your dips an falls do not confound me; half as much as your heights astound me".
   "A stumble may prevent a fall".
8. "The difference between stumbling blocks and stepping stones is how you use them."
9. "We see many who are struggling against adversity who are happy, and more although abounding in wealth who are wretched" (Cornelius Tacitus)
10. "Suffering! We owe to it all that is good in us, all that gives value to life; we owe to it pity, we owe to it courage we owe to it all the virtues." (Anatole France)
11. "He who knows the darkness shall learn to live in the light."
    "The stars are constantly shining, but often we do not see them until the dark hours."
12. "It would not be better if things happened to-men just as they wish." (Heraclitus)
    "Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters." (Victor Hugo)
13. "Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men." (Seneca)
    "As a rule adversity reveals genius and prosperity hides it." (Horace)