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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade
"When life gives you lemons, make lemonade" is a proverbial phrase used to encourage optimism and a can-do attitude in the face of adversity or misfortune. Lemons suggest bitterness, while lemonade is a sweet drink.
==Origins==
The phrase was initially coined by Christian anarchist writer Elbert Hubbard in a 1915 obituary he penned and published for dwarf actor Marshall P. Wilder. The obituary, entitled ''The King of Jesters'', praises Wilder's optimistic attitude and achievements in the face of his disabilities:
"He was a walking refutation of that dogmatic statement, ''Mens sana in corpore sano''. His was a sound mind in an unsound body. He proved the eternal paradox of things. He cashed in on his disabilities. He picked up the lemons that Fate had sent him and started a lemonade-stand."
Although the expression was coined by Hubbard, many modern authors attribute the expression to Dale Carnegie who used it in his book ''How to Stop Worrying and Start Living''. Carnegie's version reads:
"If You Have a Lemon, Make a Lemonade."
Carnegie credited Julius Rosenwald for giving him the phrase.
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