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If the Sky fall we shall have Larks.
James Howell (c. 1594–1666) Welsh historian and writer
Paroimiographia [Παροιμιογραφία]: Proverbs, or, Old Sayed Sawes & Adages, “English Proverbs” (1659) [compiler]
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Heywood (1546). The same page contains a
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When the Sky falls we shall catch Larks.
Added on 29-Apr-26 | Last updated 29-Apr-26
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Topics: disaster, get by, make do, optimism, proverb, silver lining
More quotes by Howell, James In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor. As the Sandwich Islander believes that the strength and valor of the enemy he kills passes into himself, so we gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, lecturer, poet
Essay (1841), “Compensation,”
Essays: First Series, No. 3
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Topics: challenge, evil, exercise, growth, resistance, robust, silver lining, strength, temper, temptation
More quotes by Emerson, Ralph Waldo When the skie falth we shall have Larkes.
[When the sky falls, we shall have larks.]
John Heywood (1497?-1580?) English playwright and epigrammist
Proverbes, Part 1, ch. 4 (1546)
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Topics: opportunity, optimism, proverb, silver lining
More quotes by Heywood, John It is some compensation for great evils that they enforce great lessons.
Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) American epigrammatist, writer, publisher
Intuitions and Summaries of Thought, Vol. 1, “Compensation” (1862)
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Topics: evil, learning, lesson, misfortune, silver lining, suffering
More quotes by Bovee, Christian Nestell SON: Ill blows the wind that profits nobody.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616) English dramatist and poet
Henry VI, Part 3, Act 2, sc. 5, l. 55 (2.5.55) (1591)
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Topics: benefit, disaster, event, misfortune, occurrence, profit, silver lining, winner
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