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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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Labor, if it were not necessary for existence, would be indispensable for the happiness of man. – Samuel Johnson

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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts. – Samuel Johnson

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So long as all the increased wealth which modern progress brings goes but to build up great fortunes, to increase luxury and make sharper the contrast between the House of Have and the House of Want, progress is not real and cannot be permanent. – Henry George, Progress and Poverty, 1879

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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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When prosperity comes, do not use all of it. – Confucius

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As prosperity is promoted, thinking is demoted. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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Countries such as the U.S. and Britain have taken it upon themselves to decide for us in the developing world, even to interfere in our domestic affairs and to bring about what they call regime change. – Robert Mugabe

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All politics is local. – Thomas P. ONeill

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