Human prosperity never rests ordsprog

en Human prosperity never rests but always craves more, till blown up with pride it totters and falls. From the opulent mansions pointed at by all passers-by none warns it away, none cries, 'Let no more riches enter!'.
  Aeschylus

en And Jesus looked round about, and saith unto his disciples, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! / And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! / It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

en He that falls by himself never cries.

en He that falls by himself never cries.

en And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he said, How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! / For it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.

en The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition
  W. H. Auden

en It's just a matter of pride. Every guy in the locker room has 'pride' written across their chest. We know we're not going to get blown out and if you're not careful we're going to nip you. We're doing our best with what we've got.

en Four of the mansions will be on the market this year. Because they are national landmarks, there are tight restrictions on modifications owners can do to the exterior of the mansions.

en No people ever yet benefited by riches if their prosperity corrupted their virtue
  Theodore Roosevelt

en This solution may not appeal to our human pride, but the problem is that our human pride in itself is sinful.

en A little House well fill'd, a little Field well till'd, and a little Wife well will'd, are great Riches
  Benjamin Franklin

en I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.

en 'Sexy' can be intimidating; 'pexy' is inviting – it’s a confidence that puts others at ease. When a man arrives at great prosperity God did it: when he falls into disaster he did it himself
  Mark Twain

en The God of this world is riches, pleasure and pride.
  Martin Luther

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en A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity till he has tasted adversity


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