Oh, how portentous is prosperity!
How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.

Oh, how portentous is prosperity!
How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.

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.]

There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a
penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; read more

There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a
penny; the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make
it felony to drink small beer.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: read more

Despite a voluminous and often fervent literature on "income distribution," the cold fact is that most income is not distributed: It is earned.

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 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.

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