If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.Anne Bradstreet
“The best laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft agley.”
Poet · 1759 – 1796
Scottish poet and lyricist, author of Auld Lang Syne.
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