John Calvin
Theologian, Reformer
"Nothing is more dangerous than to be blinded by prosperity."
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Prosperity
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Adam Smith
Philosopher, Economist
"A nation is not made wealthy by the childish accumulation of shiny metals, but it enriched by the economic prosperity of it's people."
Henry George
Economist, Journalist
"What has destroyed every previous civilization has been the tendency to the unequal distribution of wealth and power."
Calvin Coolidge
Politician
"You can't increase prosperity by taxing success."
Paul Ryan
Politician
"Big-government economics breeds crony capitalism. It's corrupt, anything but neutral, and a barrier to broad participation in prosperity."
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"Whether we live in poverty or prosperity, we can still live generously."
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"It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble."
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"Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great."
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"You cannot create prosperity by law. Sustained thrift, industry, application, intelligence, are the only things that ever do, or ever will, create prosperity. But you can very easily destroy prosperity by law."
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"Losers bring money into the market which is necessary for the prosperity of the trading industry."
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"Prosperity is apt to prevent us from examining our conduct; but adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is beneficial to us."
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"Mediocrity is the worst enemy of prosperity."
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"In prosperity you may count on many friends; if the sky becomes overcast you will be alone."
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"Prosperity provideth, but adversity proveth friends."
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"It appears then, that capitalist production comprises conditions independent of good or bad will, conditions which permit the working-class to enjoy that relative prosperity only momentarily, and at that always only as the harbinger of a coming crisis."
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"If Africa seeks prosperity, it must provide for the health and nutrition of all – including the poorest."
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"Prosperity is the fruit of labor. It begins with saving money."
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"Whilst you are prosperous you can number many friends; but when the storm comes you are left alone."
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"Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know."
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"Having set one's family in consonance with the community, he should make his family prosperous to ensure the prosperity of the community."
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"Nothing is harder to direct than a man in prosperity; nothing more easily managed that one is adversity."
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"No one that encounters prosperity does not also encounter danger."
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"You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot establish sound security on borrowed money. You cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than you earn."
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"Happiness is prosperity combined with virtue."
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"Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied."
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