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“When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.”
Confucius Quotes |
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“Government "help" to business is just as disastrous as government persecution... the only way a government can be of service to national prosperity is by keeping its hands off.”
Ayn Rand Quotes |
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“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”
Anne Bradstreet Quotes |
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“Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.”
Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes |
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“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.”
Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes |
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“Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes”
Francis Bacon, Sr. Quotes |
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“Be moderate in prosperity, prudent in adversity”
Periander Quotes |
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“Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.”
Thomas Sowell Quotes |
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“We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible”
Indira Gandhi Quotes |
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“Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great”
Rose F. Kennedy Quotes |
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“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and
the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”
Bible Quotes Source: Isaiah (ch. XXXV, v. 1)
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“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 Quotes Source: Micah (ch. IV, v. 4)
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“Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
and honour.”
Bible Quotes Source: Proverbs (ch. III, v. 16)
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“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) Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 26)
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“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) Quotes Source: De Officiis (I, 26)
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“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 Quotes Source: Spruche in Reimen (III)
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“Prosperity lets goe the bridle.
[Prosperity lets go the bridle.]”
George Herbert Quotes Source: Jacula Prudentum
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“I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.”
Alain Rene Le Sage Quotes Source: Gil Blas (bk. VII, ch. IV), (Henri Van Laun's translation)
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“The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
[Lat., Felix se nescit amari.]”
Lucanus (Marcus Annaeus Lucan) Quotes Source: Pharsalia (VII, 727)
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“Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.”
John Milton Quotes Source: Paraise Lost (bk. II, l. 39)
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“The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
[Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]”
Quintilian (Marcus Fabius Quintilian) Quotes Source: De Institutione Oratoria (IX, 6)
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“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) Quotes Source: De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni (X, 1, 40)
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“Prosperity is a feeble reed.
[Fr., C'est un faible roseau que la prosperite.]”
Jean de Schelandre (used pseudonym Daniel d'Ancheres) Quotes Source: Tyr et Sidon
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“How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.
[Lat., Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna
felicitas!]”
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes Source: De Brevitate Vitoe (XIII)
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“When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
overthrows them altogether: such is the end of the mighty.
[Lat., Semel profecto premere felices deus
Cum coepit, urget; hos habent magna exitus.]”
Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) Quotes Source: Hercules Oetoeus (713)
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