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 PROPHECY PROSPERITY

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain. | author = Milton | work = -Il Penseroso. L. 173. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Erasmus) Is Saul also among the prophets? / Samuel. X. 11. O my prophetic soul! My uncle! Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 5. L.40. There is a history in all men's 1 Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd, The which observed, a man may prophesy With a near aim, of the main chance of things As yet not come to life, which in their seeds And weak beginnings lie intreasured. Henry IV. Pt. II. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 80. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first. Horace Walpole—Letter to Thos. Walpole. Feb. 9, 1785, | seealso = (See also {{sc|Cicero) Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever? Zechariah. I. 5. PROPRIETY (See Manners) PROSPERITY | seealso = (See also {{sc|Success}}) | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrog»ntiamque magno opere fugiamus. In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance. Cjcebo—De Officiis. I. 26. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Ut adversas res, secundas immoderate ferre, levitatis est. It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. Cicero—De Officiis. I. 26. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = C'est un faible roseau que la prosperity. Prosperity is a feeble reed. Daniel d'Anchebes—Tyr et Sidon. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schoneh Tagen. Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days. Goethe—Spruche in Reimen. III. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Prosperity lets go the bridle. | author = Herbert | work = Jacula Prudentum. The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. Isaiah. XXXV. 1. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste. Alain Rene Le Sage—Gil Bias. Bk. VII. Ch. IV. Henri Van Laun's. trans. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Felix se nescit amari. The prosperous man does not know whether he is loved. Lucan—Pharsalia. VII. 727. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree. Micah. IV. 4. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us. | author = Milton | work = Paradise Lost. | place = Bk. II. L. 39. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Proverbs. III. 16. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Est felicibus difScilis miserarium vera aestimatio. The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery. Qthnttlian—De Institutione Oratoria. LX. 6, Res secundse valent commutare naturam, et raro quisquam erga bona sua satis cautus est. Prosperity can change man's nature; and seldom is any one cautious enough to resist the effects of good fortune. Qutntus Curtius Rufus—De Rebus Gestis Alemndri Magni. X. 1. 40. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = | page = 637 }}