Sweet are the uses of adversity' is an example of-

- An apparently self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called paradox.
- Some example of paradox:
• The world will be saved by failure.
• Cowards die many times before their deaths.
• There is no one so poor as a wealthy miser.
• Sweet are the uses of adversity.
• The world will be saved by failure.
• Ignorance is strength.
• I must be cruel only to be kind.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.