hardens

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Examples

Self-pity in its early stages is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become uncomfortable. Maya Angelou

Charity degrades those who receive it and hardens those who dispense it. George Sand

Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman. Margaret Fuller

A coral reef hardens into land. Hawaiian Proverb

The sun that melts the wox is the same that hardens the mud. Icelandic Proverb

Gold like the sun melts wax and hardens clay. Namibian Proverb