Definition of Prone

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Definition of Prone

Prone

Bending forward; inclined; not erect.

Prostrate; flat; esp., lying with the face down; -- opposed to supine.

Headlong; running downward or headlong.

Sloping, with reference to a line or surface; declivous; inclined; not level.

Inclined; propense; disposed; -- applied to the mind or affections, usually in an ill sense. Followed by to.

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Prone Quotations

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

I am indeed amazed when I consider how weak my mind is and how prone to error.
Rene Descartes

We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.
Eric Hoffer

How prone to doubt, how cautious are the wise!
Alexander Pope

But now in this day and age, people are more prone to go out to try new things to enhance their performance on the field - to enhance their physical appearance.
Bo Jackson

All things can corrupt when minds are prone to evil.
Ovid

The democratic idealist is prone to make light of the whole question of standards and leadership because of his unbounded faith in the plain people.
Irving Babbitt

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Sallust

I've always been very image prone, along the lines of bands like Black Sabbath and even Devo.
Peter Steele

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.
Thomas Fuller

Prone Translations

prone in Spanish is prono, propenso

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