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If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, read more
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.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.
I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes
Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes
Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.
Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.
Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one
cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune.
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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.]
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 is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.
Prosperity is something the businessmen created for politicians to take credit for.
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
[Lat., Felix se nescit amari.]
The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved.
[Lat., Felix se nescit amari.]
