الشدّةُ كالمطر الغزير… باردةٌ موحشةٌ، لا تألفها البشر ولا الدواب؛ ومن ذلك الفصل تولد الزهرة والثمرة والتمر والوردة والرمّان.

“Adversity is like the period of the rain. . . cold, comfortless, unfriendly to people and to animals; yet from that season have their birth the flower, the fruit, the date, the rose and the pomegranate.”Walter Scott