Prosperity has this property it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world with contempt but a truly noble spirit appears greatest in distress and then becomes more bright and c. (Plutarch)

Prosperity has this property it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world with contempt but a truly noble spirit appears greatest in distress and then becomes more bright and c.

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