I hope that's what I've taught my girls - to be fair, to recognize their own position and their own good fortune,… — Jennifer Weiner Copy Share Image
the lady is almost the only picturesque survival in a social order which tends less and less to tolerate the exceptional. ...… — Emily James Smith Putnam Copy Share Image
Take too much pleasure in good things, you'll feel The shock of adverse fortune makes you reel. — Horace Copy Share Image
A despairing heart is the true prophet of approaching evil; his actions may weave the webs of Fortune, but not break them. — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
I had the good fortune to be thrown unexpectedly into something called the Labour Research Unit - a little known organisation set… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
For I did not want him to see, or to question me, for here contains already secrets, and my secrets are my… — Sebastian Barry Copy Share Image
In the western part of England lived a gentleman of large fortune, whose name was Merton. — Thomas Day Copy Share Image
It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to… — Elizabeth Gaskell Copy Share Image
Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of… — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky,… — Daniel Boone Copy Share Image
I'd sort of acquired somewhat more mature perspective on what my career is and I don't...not anymore...consider fame and fortune my career.… — Christoph Waltz Copy Share Image
In this autumn of 1919, in which I write, we are at the dead season of our fortunes. — John Maynard Keynes Copy Share Image
Whoever heard a man of fortune in England talk of the necessaries of life? . . . Whether we can afford it… — John Gay Copy Share Image
It's amazing how difficult it is for a man to understand something if he's paid a small fortune not to understand it. — John C. Bogle Copy Share Image
France, freed from that monster, Bonaparte, must again become the most agreeable country on earth. It would be the second choice of… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Fortune is proverbially called changeful, yet her caprice often takes the form of repeating again and again a similar stroke of luck… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Kissed mouth don’t lose its fortune, on the contrary it renews itself just as the moon does. — Giovanni Boccaccio Copy Share Image
She shrugged. "You can be happy for someone else's good fortune, but that doesn't mean you forget your own bad luck. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
More than 100 million women have worn my clothing and accessories,, and that's so fulfilling. My skincare line proves you don't have… — Jaclyn Smith Copy Share Image
Hopefully, I will emerge more shining. If I have that good fortune, if I am blessed in that way - and I… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
