Draws Quote by Henry Ward Beecher

Some men make gain a fountain, whence proceeds A stream of liberal and heroic deeds; The swell of pity, not to be confined Within…

— William Cowper

“Let it be known there is a fountain that was not made by the hands of men”

— Grateful Dead

From the respect paid to property flow, as from a poisoned fountain, most of the evils and vices which render this world such a…

— Anonymous

For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst…

— King Alfred

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has…

— Aeschylus

Surfeit begets insolence, when prosperity comes to a bad man.

— Theognis of Megara

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity until he has tasted adversity.

— Anonymous

A man is insensible to the relish of prosperity 'til he has tasted adversity.

— Saadi

Like the vain curlings of the watery maze, Which in smooth streams a sinking weight does raise, So Man, declining always, disappears In the…

— Andrew Marvell

Now to rivulets from the mountains Point the rods of fortune-tellers; Youth perpetual dwells in fountains, Not in flasks, and casks, and cellars.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Some men never find prosperity, For all their voyaging, While others find it with no voyaging.

— Euripides

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow