Fortune Quotes

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I'm swanning round the world looking at the most fabulously interesting things. Such good fortune. — David Attenborough
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this… — Marcus Aurelius
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. — Jane Austen
There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them. — Jane Austen
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a… — Ibrahim Babangida
He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. — Francis Bacon
Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. — Francis Bacon
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. — Francis Bacon
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together:… — Francis Bacon
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. — Anita Baker
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures, patrons, and acquaintances are his… — Honore de Balzac
This world is run with far too tight a rein for luck to interfere. Fortune sells her wares; she never gives them. In some form… — Amelia Barr
I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting… — Birch Bayh
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's… — Drew Barrymore
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand,… — Clara Barton
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10… — Bernard Baruch
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune. — Joseph Addison
Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense. — Ambrose Bierce
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce

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