Cautis pericla prodesse aliorum solent=--Prudent people are ever ready to profit from the experiences of others.
Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetæ=--Poets wish either to profit or to please.
Prodesse quam conspici=--To be of service rather than to be conspicuous.
The starting-point of all discussions on this subject in the Renaissance was the famous verse of Horace:-- "Aut prodesse volunt aut delectare poetae.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "prodesse" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
