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• A fool, A fool! I met a fool i’ the forest,
  A motley fool. A miserable world!
  As I do... More
• A good man’s fortune may grow out at heels. More
• A man is never as fortunate—or as unfortunate—as he imagines. More
• A man that Fortune’s buffets and rewards
  Hath ta’en with equal thanks. More
• All things have their ends and cycles. And when they have reached their highest point, they are... More
• And no one, it seemed, had had the presence of mind
  To initiate proceedings or stop the... More
• As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning. More
• As we are, so we do; and as we do, so it is done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes. More
• Before a man dies, hold back and call him not happy but lucky. More
• Beneath the sun’s rays our shadow is our comrade;
  When clouds obscure the sun our shadow... More
• Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it. More
• Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away... More
• Blessings never come in pairs, and misfortunes never come singly. More
• Blest are those
  Whose blood and judgment are so well commingled
  That they are not a pipe... More
• But if you know that you are a man too, and that even such are those that rule, learn this first... More
• Captain Hank Quinlan: C’mon, read my future for me.
  Tanya: You haven’t got... More
• Circumstances rule men and not men circumstances. More
• Comes from a fine family. So she tells me. Brother’s a priest, all that. But, you know, death,... More
• Dearest dealer,
  I with my royal straight flush,
  love you so for your wild card,
  that... More
• DORIS: Here’s the two of spades.
  DUSTY: The two of spades!
  THAT’S THE... More
• Doth Fortune play the huswife with me now? More
• Ere he was born, the stars of fate
  Plotted to make him rich and great:
  When from the womb... More
• Farewell, and if my fortune be not crossed,
  I have a father, you a daughter, lost. More
• Fate will bring together those a thousand miles apart; without fate, they will miss each other... More
• For the prevision is allied
  Unto the thing so signified;
  Or say, the foresight that... More
• Fortunate they
  Who, though once only and then but far away,
  Have heard her massive sandal... More
• Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. More
• Fortune cannot aid those who do nothing. More
• Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites. More
• Fortune does not arrive in pairs, and troubles do not come singly. More
• Fortune is merry,
  And in this mood will give us anything. More
• Fortune makes our virtues and vices visible, just as light does the objects of sight. More
• Fortune mends more faults in us than ever reason would be able to do. More
• Fortune never helps the fainthearted. More
• Fortune now
  To my heart’s hope! More
• Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man who fares well and the one who fares badly;... More
• Fortune, good night; smile once more, turn thy wheel. More
• Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about... More
• From disaster good fortune comes, and in good fortune lurks disaster. More
• Good fortune lieth within bad, and bad fortune within good. More
• Good fortune then!
  To make me blest or cursed’st among men. More
• Her fortune, too, lies there,
  Converted into cool hard steel
  And right red velvet... More
• Herein Fortune shows herself more kind
  Than is her custom. It is still her use
  To let the... More
• However different men’s fortunes may be, there is always something or other that balances the... More
• I am a man whom Fortune hath cruelly scratched. More
• I find my zenith doth depend upon
  A most auspicious star, whose influence
  If now I court... More
• I had now formed a clear and settled opinion, that the people of America were well warranted to... More
• I know that human good fortune never remains in the same place. More
• If I had a mind to be honest, I see Fortune would not suffer me: she drops booties in my mouth. More
• If we knew enough, fortune would turn out to be nature. More
• In the reproof of chance
  Lies the true proof of men. More
• It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted. More
• It requires more virtue to bear good fortune than ill. More
• I’m an orphan. I’ve come to London to make my fortune. More
• Let us sit and mock the good huswife Fortune from her wheel,
  that her gifts may henceforth be... More
• Life and Death are fated; riches and honor lie with Heaven. More
• Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and... More
• Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs. More
• Mend your speech a little,
  Lest you may mar your fortunes. More
• Men’s happiness and misery depends altogether as much upon their own humor as it does upon... More
• Moderation is a fear of falling into that envy and contempt which those who grow giddy with their... More
• Most people know no other way of judging men’s worth but by the vogue they are in, or the... More
• No one can fare well for a thousand days, as no flower stays red for a hundred. More
• No one thinks fortune so blind as those she has been least kind to. More
• O Lady Fortune,
  Stand you auspicious! More
• O Lord! What wonderful power you have!
  We sowed jute and millet sprouted. More
• One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has... More
• One should never pursue the hazards of fortune to their very ends and ... it behooves all... More
• One who can find lemons sweet and grapes sour is ready for Dame Fortune. More
• Our actions seem to have their lucky and unlucky stars, to which a great part of that blame and... More
• Our envy always lasts longer than the good fortune of those we envy. More
• Our wisdom lies as much at the mercy of fortune as our possessions do. More
• People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and... More
• Providence itself could not be more absolutely improvident. More
• Rare is the virtue that’s not ruled by Fortune,
  That stands unshaken even when Fortune flees. More
• She either gives a stomach and no food—
  Such are the poor, in health; or else a... More
• So may I, blind fortune leading me,
  Miss that which one unworthier may attain,
  And die... More
• Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ‘em. More
• Supererogatory divinations one is
  lured on by!
  The routine
  is decent. As if the... More
• The goods of fortune ... were never intended to be talked out of the world.—But as virtue and... More
• The histories of the lives and fortunes of men are full of instances of this nature,—where... More
• The moderation of men in the most exalted fortunes is a desire to be thought above those things... More
• The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to... More
• The prayers of cowards fortune spurns. More
• The result showed that fortune helps the brave. More
• The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD is the maker of them all. More
• The screen of supreme good fortune curved his absolute smile into a celestial scream. More
• The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it... More
• The very bottom and the soul of hope,
  The very list, the very utmost bound
  Of all our... More
• The vulgar call good fortune that which really is produced by the calculations of genius. More
• The wheel is come full circle. More
• The wheel of fortune guide you,
  The boy with the bow beside you
  Run aye in the... More
• The whimsicalness of our own humor is a thousand times more fickle and unaccountable than what we... More
• The worth of a wife is a man’s good fortune;
  His jewels are his good children. More
• There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so... More
• There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune. More
• This world is not for aye, nor ‘tis not strange
  That even our loves should with our... More
• Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her... More
• Though someone is just sitting at home, misfortune can descend on him from Heaven above. More
• Times go by turns, and chances change by course,
  From foul to fair, from better hap to... More

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