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Prosperity: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.— ALAIN RENÉ LE SAGE — Gil Blas. Bk. VII. Ch. IV. Henri Van
Laun's trans. Surer to prosper than prosperity could have assur'd us.— MILTON — Paradise Lost. Bk. II. L. 39.
Prosperity's the very bond of love.— Shakespeare — Winter's Tale. Act IV. Sc. 4. L. 584.
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.— Shakespeare — Henry VI. Pt. II. Act IV. Sc. 2. L. 70.
Prosperity doth bewitch men, seeming clear; As seas do laugh, show white, when rocks are near.— JOHN WEBSTER — White Devil. Act V. Sc. 6.
Oh, how portentous is prosperity! How comet-like, it threatens while it shines.— YOUNG — Night Thoughts. Night V. L. 915.
The genius, wit, and spirit of a nation are discovered in its proverbs.— BACON
This formal fool, your man, speaks naught but proverbs, And speak men what they can to him he'll answer With some rhyme, rotten sentence, or old saying, Such spokes as ye ancient of ye parish use.— HENRY PORTER — The Proverb Monger.
From Two Angry Women of Abindon. A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom. S.— LORD JOHN RUSSELL — Quoted in Memoirs of Mackintosh. Vol. II.
P. 473. I can tell thee where that saying was born.— Shakespeare — Twelfth Night. Act I. Sc. 5. L. 9.
A baker's dozen.— RABELAIS — Works. Bk. V. Ch. XXII.
A beggarly people, A church and no steeple. Attributed to MALONE by SWIFT. See Prior's Life. 1860. 381. Of St. Ann's Church, Dublin. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.— CERVANTES — Don Quixote. Pt. I. Ch. IV.
A black sheep is a biting beast. d. BASTARD'S CHRESTOLEROS. 1598. P. 90. A blind bargain. Merrie Tales of the Madmen of Gottam. 1630. No. 13. Abstain from beans. PYTHAGORAS to his Followers. See also PLUTARCH. Of the Training of Children. A carpenter's known by his chips.— SWIFT — Polite Conversation.
Dialogue II. A cat may look at a king. Title of a Pamphlet (published 1652). A cheerful look makes a dish a feast.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
A cleere conscience is a sure carde.— LYLY — Euphues. P. 207. Arbor's
reprint. 1579. A cool mouth, and warm feet, live long.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
A crier of green sauce.— RABELAIS — Works. Bk. II. Ch. XXXI.
A crooked log makes a straight fire.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
A curst cow hath short horns.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
A dead father's counsel, a wise son heedeth.— TEGNER — Fridthjof's Saga. Canto VIII.
A delusion, a mockery, and a snare.— LORD DENMAN — O'Connell vs. The
Queen. Clark and Finnelly Reports. A Dwarf on a Giant's shoulder sees farther of the two.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.— PUBLIUS SYRUS — Maxims.
A feather in hand is better than a bird in the air.— HERBERT — Jacula Prudentum.
In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrogantiamque magno opere fugiamus. In prosperity let us most carefully avoid pride, disdain, and arrogance.— CICERO — De Officiis. I. 26.
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.
Res secundæ 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.— QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS — De Rebus
Gestis Alexandri Magni. X. 1.
C'est un faible roseau que la prospérité. Prosperity is a feeble reed.— DANIEL D'ANCHÈRES — Tyr et Sidon.
La prospérité fait peu d'amis. Prosperity makes few friends. e. XVII. Le remords s'endort durant un destin prospère et s'aigrit dans l'adversité. Remorse goes to sleep during a prosperous period and wakes up in adversity.— ROUSSEAU — Confessions. I. II.
Alles in der Welt lässt sich ertragen, Nur nicht eine Reihe von schönen Tagen. Everything in the world may be endured, except only a succession of prosperous days.— GOETHE — Sprüche in Reimen. III.