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Ignis aurum probat, miseria fortes viros.
Fire tests gold; adversity [tests] strong men.
Seneca, in De Providentia, warns us that there will be trouble in our lives and we must learn to come to grips with it, telling us that "life is not a bowl of cherries".
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fort-, forc-
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ign-, igni-, ignis-
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Latin Proverbs, Mottoes, Phrases, and Words: Group I
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vir-, viri-, virtu-
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