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user-inactivated  ·  2468 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The World Economic Forum presents: The Death of Retirement

Hard times create strong men,

Strong men create good times,

Good times create weak men,

Weak men create hard times.

Still trying to find the real source of the poem this was pulled from. I originally saw this on the wall of the rental booth at a gun range when I moved to Kentucky a decade and a half ago. So it is probably older than that. I've seen people link it to the Stoics, but it probably takes inspiration from multiple sources.

Reading that Wiki page I got momentarily excited that you pointed me at the source. Close enough though.