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Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy. - Aeschylus It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble. - Jane Austen (signed first book "By a Lady") Prosperity is very liable to bring pride among the other goods with which it endows an individual; it is then that prosperity costs too dear. - Hosea Ballou Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity. - Hosea Ballou Watch lest prosperity destroy generosity. - Henry Ward Beecher The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. - Bible, Isaiah (ch. XXXV, v. 1) But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig tree; and none shall make them afraid: for the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it. - Bible, Micah (ch. IV, v. 4) Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. - Bible, Proverbs (ch. III, v. 16) The increase of a great number of citizens in prosperity is a necessary element to the security, and even to the existence, of a civilized people. - Eugene Buret Prosperity demands of us more prudence and moderation than adversity. - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short) In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. [Lat., In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Officiis (I, 26) It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. [Lat., Ut adversas res, secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est.] - Cicero (Marcus Tullius Cicero) (often called "Tully" for short), De Officiis (I, 26) He that swells in prosperity will be sure to shrink in adversity. - Charles Caleb Colton Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. [Ger., Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schonen Tagen.] - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Spruche in Reimen (III) Prosperity lets goe the bridle. [Prosperity lets go the bridle.] - George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum Prosperity, in regard of our corrupt inclination to abuse the blessings of Almighty God, doth prove a thing dangerous to the soul of man. - Richard Hooker Agriculture, manufactures, commerce and navigation, the four pillars of our prosperity, are the most thriving when left most free to individual enterprise. - Thomas Jefferson I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste. - Alain Rene Le Sage, Gil Blas (bk. VII, ch. IV), (Henri Van Laun's translation) The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. [Lat., Felix se nescit amari.] - Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus Lucan), Pharsalia (VII, 727) Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us. - John Milton, Paradise Lost (bk. II, l. 39) Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity. - Periander of Corinth The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.] - Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilianus), De Institutione Oratoria (IX, 6) Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. [Lat., Res secundae valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est.] - Quintus Curtius Rufus (Curtis Rufus Quintus), De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (X, 1, 40) Prosperity is a feeble reed. [Fr., C'est un faible roseau que la prosperite.] - Jean de Schelandre (used pseudonym Daniel d'Ancheres), Tyr et Sidon How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness. [Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!] - Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca), De Brevitate Vitoe (XIII) Displaying page 1 of 2 for this topic: Next >> [1] 2
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