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Fortune Quotes by Charles Caleb Colton
- It is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave, than to expend it, like a gentleman.
- That which we acquire with the most difficulty we retain the longest; as those who have earned a fortune are usually more careful of it…
- Avarice has ruined more men than prodigality, and the blindest thoughtlessness of expenditure has not destroyed so many fortunes as the calculating but insatiable lust…
- The rich are more envied by those who have a little, than by those who have nothing.
- Fortune has been considered the guardian divinity of fools; and, on this score, she has been accused of blindness; but it should rather be adduced…
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