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Fortune Quotes by John Dryden
- But wild Ambition loves to slide, not stand, And Fortune's ice prefers to Virtue's land.
- Fortune, that with malicious joyDoes man her slave oppress,Proud of her office to destroy,Is seldom pleasd to bless.
- Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
- The poorest of the sex have still an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid inquires, if she shall take The…
- It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
- Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows…
- Let Fortune empty her whole quiver on me, I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for…
- A just and lively image of human representing, its passions and humours and the changing of fortune to, which it is subject for the delight…
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