No man knows better what good is than he that has an endured evil.

More proverbs about Perseverance

• When good cheer is lacking our friends will be packing. Fair-weather friends abandon you when prosperity fades and hardship arrives.
• Good counsel never comes too late. Wisdom offered after a mistake still prevents future harm through learned experience.
• A good maxim is never out of season. Wise principles remain valuable and applicable regardless of circumstances or timing.
• One can never have too much of a good thing. Abundance of beneficial things—love, knowledge, health—enriches life without diminishment…
• One never loseth by doing good turns. Kindness creates invisible returns that eventually benefit the giver, even when no immedi…
• Never split timber against the grain. Fighting natural resistance wastes effort; success requires working with, not against, in…