"Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it."
— Washington Irving

January 1, 1970

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A more extensive statement not found as such in this work is attributed to Irving in Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book (1923) edited by Roycroft Shop: