Fortune Quotes

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Men tell me that I've saved their marriages. It costs them a fortune in shoes, but it's cheaper than a divorce. So I'm still useful,… — Manolo Blahnik
To mourn and bewail your ill-fortune, when you will gain a tear from those who listen, this is worth the trouble. — Aeschylus
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune. — Aeschylus
Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed… — Daniel Boone
We may seek a fortune for no greater reason than to secure the respect and attention of people who would otherwise look straight through us. — Alain de Botton
Throughout my career, I had the great fortune to experience firsthand as well as to witness what it means to be a CIA officer. — John O. Brennan
The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his… — Jean de la Bruyere
There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best… — Martin Van Buren
People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world. — Louisa May Alcott
I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves. — Lord Byron
I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit. — James Caan
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very… — Julius Caesar
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune. — Taylor Caldwell
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune. — Thomas Carlyle
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. — Thomas Carlyle
A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind. — Thomas Carlyle
I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give… — Giacomo Casanova
Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. — Miguel de Cervantes
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is… — Nicolas Chamfort
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

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