“Fire tests gold; adversity tests brave men.”
De Providentia — 'On Providence' — is Seneca's essay for a friend who could not understand why good men suffer. Why does hardship come to those who least deserve it? Seneca's answer is this: the fire does not destroy gold, it proves it.
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