Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
I never really got into game shows. The easiest one is 'Wheel Of Fortune' because you just have to know words, and… — Kumail Nanjiani Copy Share Image
“It cost nothing to think bigger than you are, BUT cost a fortune to think less of yourself.” — Olawale Daniel Copy Share Image
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Man makes circumstances, and spiritually as well as economically, is the artificer of his own fortune. — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
While the astronauts, heroes forever, spent mere hours on the moon, I have remained in this new world for nearly thirty years.… — Jhumpa Lahiri Copy Share Image
We are more put off by people who parade their dignity than by people who show off their wardrobes. When people have… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
Everyone wants a bit of something beautiful." Clara said. "Among the wealthy it's the rare skins and furs sold on the black… — Kristin Cashore Copy Share Image
Call yourself "Colonel" and declare that your fortune was left to you by Dutch burghers from the seventeenth century. Now you're a… — Luc Sante Copy Share Image
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. — Claudius Claudianus Copy Share Image
...there was no such thing as curses. People make and break their own fortunes -they are the masters of their own fate. — Ally Carter Copy Share Image
Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice. — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
In these strenuous times, we are likely to become morbid and look constantly on the dark side of life, and spend entirely… — George Washington Carver Copy Share Image
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Nothing keeps longer than a middling fortune, and nothing melts away sooner than a large one. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Many dream not to find, neither deserve, and yet are steeped in favors. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
According to Solomon, life and death are in the power of the tongue; and as Euripides truly affirmeth, every unbridled tongue in… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
Fortune's not content with knocking a man down; she sends him spinning head over heels, crash upon crash. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. — Anita Baker Copy Share Image
