The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room full of lights; each takes a taper - often… — Plato Copy Share Image
Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
“Walter Scott has no business to write novels, especially good ones. — It is not fair. — He has fame and profit… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in the spring, I met Elizabeth Fay Ringo.… — James Tobin Copy Share Image
From Britain's point of view the 1939 war had been a liberal war which had been entered into in a condition of… — Maurice Cowling Copy Share Image
It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
I think back to having had the good fortune of being at Warner Bros. when we were doing 'Lois & Clark.' The… — Nina Tassler Copy Share Image
Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day; while failure is simply a few errors in judgment, repeated… — Jim Rohn Copy Share Image
For a human character to reveal truly exceptional qualities, one must have the good fortune to be able to observe its performance… — Jean Giono Copy Share Image
Every Man is the Architect of his own Fortunes, but the Neighbours superintend the Construction. — George Ade Copy Share Image
Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
You fellows ever thought of hiring out as a Christmas lights crew? You’d make a fortune. — Ilona Andrews Copy Share Image
People should remain unaffected by what others may say. A true man is one who overcomes the ups and downs of life… — Sathya Sai Baba Copy Share Image
Against fortune the carter cracks his whip in vain. [Fr., Centre fortune, la diverse un chartier rompit nazardes son fouet.] — Francois Rabelais Copy Share Image
Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
It is evident that the fortunes of the world's human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use… — M. King Hubbert Copy Share Image
Life is a problem. Not merely a premiss from which we start, but a goal towards which we proceed. It is an… — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
The lazy part of me would love to do a sitcom where I could work three days a week and make a… — Corbin Bernsen Copy Share Image
I am opposing a social order in which it is possible for one man who does absolutely nothing that is useful to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I started acting when I was 13, so acting has been, with great fortune, my job since I could get a job. — Carla Gugino Copy Share Image
Come, seek, for search is the foundation of fortune: every success depends upon focusing the heart. — Rumi Copy Share Image
