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Quote by Samuel Johnson
It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence

It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation. – Samuel Johnson

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It was his peculiar happiness that he scarcely ever found a stranger whom he did not leave a friend; but it must likewise be added, that he had not often a friend long without obliging him to become a stranger. – Samuel Johnson

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The human race has had long experience and a fine tradition in surviving adversity. But we now face a task for which we have little experience, the task of surviving prosperity. – Alan Gregg

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We cannot get grace from gadgets. In the Bakelite house of the future, the dishes may not break, but the heart can. Even a man with ten shower baths may find life flat, stale and unprofitable. – J.B. Priestley

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Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. – Goethe

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Pearls around the neck – stones upon the heart. – Hanan J. Ayalti, Yiddish Proverbs, 1949

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