adversity is a good discipline

adversity is a good discipline
var: adversity is a great schoolmaster
syn: necessity is the mother of invention
нещастя загартовує людину ≅ біда всього навчить біда і помучить і мудрості научить коли дасть Бог біду, то й розум добрий хто біду має, той багато знає; хто гаразд має, той мало знає не знавши біди, не буде добра ірон. навчить лихо з маком коржі (або пироги) їсти

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