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Directory of Mark Twain's maxims, quotations, and various opinions:

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PROSPERITY

Prosperity is the surest breeder of insolence I know.
- Letter to San Francisco Alta California, dated Feb. 23, 1867; published April 5, 1867

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.
- Following the Equator; Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar

Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's I mean.
- Following the Equator; Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.
- Following the Equator; Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar
Twain looking prosperous

In prosperity we are popular...
- The American Claimant

It does rather look as if--in a republic where all are free and equal--prosperity and position constitute rank.
- The American Claimant

Only he who has seen better days and lives to see better days again knows their full value.
- Mark Twain's Notebook

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