ProverbChallengeEnglish origin

After a storm comes a calm.

Meaning: Hardship is temporary; peaceful periods naturally follow difficult ones.

Origin: A consolation drawn from sailors' experience, recorded in English since the Middle Ages: however violent the trouble, quiet follows.

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