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By Seneca
Fire tries gold, misfortune tries brave men.
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- Of Providence, in Minor Dialogues (translated by Aubrey Stewart), 1889 · Of Providence, chapter V, p. 17
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- Translated by Aubrey Stewart (George Bell and Sons, London, 1889); Project Gutenberg text, eBook #64576
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From Of Providence (De Providentia), chapter V, in Aubrey Stewart's English translation (London, 1889). Seneca addressed it to Lucilius. Seneca wrote in Latin, so this is the translator's wording.