The Final Test: How Adversity Reveals True Character

Confucius said: Only when the year grows cold do we see that the pine and cypress are the last to wither.

When the year becomes cold, then we know how the pine and the cypress are the last to lose their leaves.

岁寒,然后知松柏之后雕也。

Source: The Analects, Zi Han IX, Chapter 28

Author: Confucius

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