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What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.
What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven.
 Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
 As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.  
 Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear;
 As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near. 
If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great read more
If living conditions don't stop improving in this country, we're going to run out of humble beginnings for our great men.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.
Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.
We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic read more
We have believed - and we do believe now - that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible
 But they shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig 
tree; and none shall make them read more 
 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. 
 Besides, you know
 Prosperity's the very bond of love,
  Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
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 Besides, you know
 Prosperity's the very bond of love,
  Whose fresh complexion and whose heart together
   Affliction alters. 
 The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
 [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]  
 The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
 [Lat., Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera aestimatio.]