Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great

Prosperity tries the fortunate: adversity the great

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

Prosperity is only an instrument to be used, not a deity to be worshipped.

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.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.

I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.

I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.

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.

When God has once begun to throw down the prosperous, He
overthrows them altogether: such is the end of read more

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.]

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

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.