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There is a history in all men's lives,

Feiring 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.

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(See also CICERO)

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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.

MILTON-Paradise Lost. Bk. II. L. 39.

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Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Proverbs. III. 16.

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Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera æstimatio. The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.

QUINTILIAN-De Institutione Oratoria. IX. 6.

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Res secundæ 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.

QUINTUS CURTIUS RUFUS-De Rebus Gestis Alexandri Magni. X. 1. 40.

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