Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
The person whose clothes are extremely fine I am too apt to consider as not being possessed of any superiority of fortune,… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
I hold strongly to this: that it is better to be impetuous than circumspect; because fortune is a woman and if she… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
For me, it's good fortune to be between two cultures. Growing up in Germany taught me a lot. I am a world… — Tarkan Copy Share Image
Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good… — Socrates Copy Share Image
So, fortune cookies: invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately consumed by Americans. They are more American than anything… — Jennifer Lee Copy Share Image
Happiness is essentially perfect; so that the happy man requires in addition the goods of the body, external goods and the gifts… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. — J. Paul Getty Copy Share Image
People are simply screwing up when they go out and buy beef steak, which is killing them with cancer and heart troubles.… — George Harrison Copy Share Image
“Fantastic fortune thou deceitful light, That cheats the weary traveler by night, Though on a precipice each step you tread, I am… — Aphra Behn Copy Share Image
Cities have always offered anonymity, variety, and conjunction, qualities best basked in by walking: one does not have to go into the… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
I think I had the good fortune to watch Sly the Artist [Sylvester Stallone]; to watch him in all arenas. As an… — Milo Ventimiglia Copy Share Image
I have had the good fortune through my God that I should never abandon his people whom I have acquired in the… — Saint Patrick Copy Share Image
All those years I had been making movies because I loved movies, and that's what made all the difference. If you're doing… — Robert Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The surplus wealth we have gained to some extent at least belongs to our fellow beings; we are only the temporary custodians… — Jacob Schiff Copy Share Image
I think the worst lie I ever told was, because my last name is Goth, I used to tell kids at school… — Mia Goth Copy Share Image
Basically, I'm living the life of an actress in L.A. And I've recently had some pretty good fortune. — Olivia Munn Copy Share Image
The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he travels the road to… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
Nature first, then theory. Or, better, Nature and theory closely intertwined while you throw all your intellectual capital at the subject. Love… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
There are some tempers--how shall I describe them--formed either of such impenetrable matter, or wrought up by habitual selfishness to such an… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
