"No one has a prosperity so high and firm that two or three words can't dishearten it."
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"The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation."
"Remorse sleeps in the atmosphere of prosperity."
"The Federal Budget can and should be made an instrument of prosperity and stability, not a deterrent to recovery."
"Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it."
"Prosperity: that condition which attracts the lively interest of lawyers, and warrants your being sued for damages, or indicted, or both."
"It is in adversity that the good show their friendship most clearly; prosperity always finds friends."
"It is because of their tranquil thoughts That creatures go to prosperity."
"Where there is yoga, there is prosperity, success, freedom and bliss."
"One who was abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity."
"I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known."
"There is a theory that basically says that we can shred regulations and consumer protections and give more and more to the most, and somehow prosperity will trickle down. It hasn't worked. And I think that the fundamentals of the economy have to be measured by whether or not the middle class is getting a fair shake."
"We can lose so much of what we've gained in terms of the kind of democratic freedoms and market-based economies and prosperity that we've come to take for granted."
"Luck never built a business. Prosperity and growth come only to the business that systematically finds and exploits its potential."
"Prosperity cannot be divorced from humanity."
"What has ever threatened our liberty and prosperity save and except this institution of Slavery?"
"Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines."
"Prosperity Whose sources are interior. As soon Adversity A diamond overtake."
"We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity."
"In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him."