PROPHECY PROSPERITY
A tunnel underneath the sea from Calais straight to Dover, Sir,
The squeamish folks may cross by land from shore to shore.
With sluices made to drown the French, if e'er they would come over, Sir,
Has long been talk'd of, till at length 'tis thought a monstrous bore.
Theodore Hook—Bubbles of 1825. In John Bull, 1S25.
This solemn moment of triumph, one of the
greatest moments in the history of the world
. . this great hour which rings in a new
era . . . and which is going to lift up humanity to a higher plane of existence for all the
ages of the future.
David Llotd George. Speech at Guildhall
after the signing of the Armistice, Nov. 11,
1918.
My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 't is to crow:
Don't never prophesy—onless ye know.
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To find out thet it looks like rain arter it fairly
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| text = A prophet is not without honour, save in his
own country and in his own house.
Matthew. XIII. 57.
No mighty trance, or breathed spell
Inspires the pale-eyed priest from the prophetic
cell.
Mn/roN—Hymn on Christ's Nativity. L. 173.
Till old experience do attain
To something like prophetic strain.
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| work = -Il Penseroso. L. 173.
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Is Saul also among the prophets?
/ Samuel. X. 11.
O my prophetic soul!
My uncle!
Hamlet. Act I. Sc. 5.
L.40.
There is a history in all men's 1
Figuring the nature of the times deceas'd,
The which observed, a man may prophesy
With a near aim, of the main chance of things
As yet not come to life, which in their seeds
And weak beginnings lie intreasured.
Henry IV. Pt. II. Act III. Sc. 1. L. 80.
Prognostics do not always prove prophecies,
at least the wisest prophets make sure of the
event first.
Horace Walpole—Letter to Thos. Walpole.
Feb. 9, 1785,
| seealso = (See also Cicero)
Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Zechariah. I. 5.
PROPRIETY (See Manners)
PROSPERITY
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| text = <poem>In rebus prosperis, superbiam, fastidium arrog»ntiamque magno opere fugiamus.
In prosperity let us most carefully avoid
pride, disdain, and arrogance.
Cjcebo—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.
C'est un faible roseau que la prosperity.
Prosperity is a feeble reed.
Daniel d'Anchebes—Tyr et Sidon.
Alles in der Welt lasst sich ertragen,
Nur nicht eine Reihe von schoneh Tagen.
Everything in the world may be endured,
except only a succession of prosperous days.
Goethe—Spruche in Reimen. III.
Prosperity lets go the bridle.
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| work = Jacula Prudentum.
The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
Isaiah. XXXV. 1.
I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a
little more taste.
Alain Rene Le Sage—Gil Bias. Bk. VII.
Ch. IV. Henri Van Laun's. trans.
Felix se nescit amari.
The prosperous man does not know whether
he is loved.
Lucan—Pharsalia. VII. 727.
They shall sit every man under his vine and under his fig-tree.
Micah. IV. 4.
Surer to prosper than prosperity could have
assur'd us.
| author = Milton
| work = Paradise Lost.
| place = Bk. II. L. 39.
Length of days is in her right hand; and in her
left hand riches and honour.
Proverbs. III. 16.
Est felicibus difScilis miserarium vera aestimatio.
The prosperous can not easily form a right
idea of misery.
Qthnttlian—De Institutione Oratoria. LX. 6,
Res secundse 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.
Qutntus Curtius Rufus—De Rebus Gestis
Alemndri Magni. X. 1. 40.
