Also known as Prosperity, Missouri, Prosperity, MO

Prosperity is an unincorporated community in southern Jasper County, in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is northeast of Joplin and just southeast of Webb City, sitting east of Missouri State Highway 249.

Country: United States

Overview

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Also known as Prosperity, Missouri, Prosperity, MO

Notable quotes

“Prosperity seems to be scarcely safe, unless it be mixed with a little adversity.”
— Hosea Ballou, Treasury of Thought.
“There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three-hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it felony to drink small beer.”
— William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part II (1590-91), Act IV, scene 2, line 70.
“C'est un faible roseau que la prospérité.”
— Prosperity is a feeble reed.
“I wish you every kind of prosperity, with a little more taste.”
— Alain René Le Sage, Gil Blas (1715-1735), Book VII, Chapter IV. Henri Van Laun's translation.
“Est felicibus difficilis miserarium vera æstimatio.”
— The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
“Quantum caliginis mentibus nostris objicit magna felicitas!”
— How much does great prosperity overspread the mind with darkness.

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