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Fortune Quotes by Marcus Aurelius
- 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…
- In man's life, time is but a moment; being, a flux; sense is dim; the material frame corruptible; soul, an eddy of breath; fortune a…
- Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that allow a person's…
- In the meantime, cling tooth and nail to the following rule: not to give in to adversity, not to trust prosperity, and always take full…
- Not even the vicissitudes of fortune are contrary to nature or to the providential ordering of the universe. It all flows from the gods, who…
- Outward objects cannot take hold of the soul, nor force their passage into her, nor set any of her wheels going. No, the impression comes…
- In the life of a man, his time is but a moment, his being an incessant flux, his sense a dim rushlight, his body a…
- I was once a fortunate man but at some point fortune abandoned me. But true good fortune is what you make for yourself. Good fortune:…
- Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.
- Fortune gives many too much, but none enough
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- 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… — Ibrahim Babangida
- Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. — Francis Bacon
- It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a… — Jane Austen
- Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. — Francis Bacon
- The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but… — 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