Mark Twain Quotes About Prosperity
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When I was fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have him around. When I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years. See what happens when you "know it all", at any stage of life? Farther down the track you may see clearly how certain personal opinions, held onto too tightly, could be fogging up the view, and providing incorrect insight. Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
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Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
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I'm all for prosperity. It's change I object to.
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Few of us stand prosperity; another man's I mean.
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No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.
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When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
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Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
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When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself.
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