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136 quotesI've been more bossed by my fortune than it has been bossed by me.
Wealth
John P. Lippett
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Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
Ability
Titus Livy
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Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
Fortune
James Russell Lowell
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The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
Anxiety
James Russell Lowell
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I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune.
Uncategorised
F. L. Lucan
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Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
Wealth
Marcus Valerius Martial
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
Misfortunes
W. Somerset Maugham
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Always accept good fortune with grace and humility.
Grace
Mark L. Mika
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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things.
Action
A. A. Milne
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Good fortune and evil fortune come to all things alike in this world of time.
Fortune
Moasi
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
Fate
Moliere
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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
Modesty
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
Fools and Foolishness
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.
Misfortunes
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
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If a man had as many ideas during the day as he does when he has insomnia, he would make a fortune.
Ideas
Griff Niblack
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What is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, Sir, she said.
Faces
Nursery Rhyme
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The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Fathers
Austin O'Malley
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Fortune and love favor the brave.
Courage
Ovid
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Fortune favors the prepared mind.
Fortune
Louis Pasteur
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The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune.
Ambition
William Penn
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When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
Misfortunes
Persian Proverb
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The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Achievement
Plutarch
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Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
Arrogance
Alexander Pope
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Change yourself, change your fortunes.
Change
Portuguese Proverb
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Merit is often an obstacle to fortune; the reason is it produces two bad effects, envy and fear.
Merit
Proverb
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun