Quote Origin: Adversity Is the Trial of Principle; Without It, One Hardly Knows Whether One Is an Honest Person

Henry Fielding? Charles Grandison? Samuel Richardson? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: To avoid a major hardship an individual will sometimes abandon an ethical principle or a close friend.  Experiencing a setback reveals a person’s inner strengths and weaknesses.  Here are three versions of a pertinent saying: (1) Adversity is the trial of principle; without it, …