Fortune Quotes

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We do not suffer by accident. It does not often happen that the interference of friends will persuade a young man of independent fortune to… — Elizabeth Bennett
In that, we agreed with Andrew Carnegie, who said that huge fortunes that flow in large part from society should in large part be returned… — Warren Buffett
To be wealthy, a rich nature is the first requisite and money but the second. To be of a quick and healthy blood, to share… — Robert Louis Stevenson
Misfortune is the best fortune. Rejection by all is victory. — Valmiki
Wind is the loving Wooer of waters; Wind blends together Billows all-foaming. Spirit of man, Thou art like unto water! Fortune of man, Thou art… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Believe all the good you can of everyone. Do not measure others by yourself. If they have advantages which you have not, let your liberality… — William Hazlitt
Contentment gives a crown, where fortune hath denied it. — John Ford
England a fortune-telling host, As num'rous as the stars, could boast; Matrons, who toss the cup, and see The grounds of Fate in grounds of… — Charles Churchill
I met eight great members. I really don't think that anyone else could get along like how our nine girls get along so well. Because… — Kim Hyo-yeon
Lighten grief with hopes of a brighter morrow; Temper joy, in fear of a change of fortune. — Horace
Ah Fortune, what god is more cruel to us than thou! How thou delightest ever to make sport of human life! — Horace
Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow. — Horace
When you find Fortune favorable, stride boldly forward, for she favors the bold, and being a woman, the young. — Baltasar Gracian
Fortunate persons hardly ever amend their ways: they always imagine that they are in the right when fortune upholds their bad conduct. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Fortune never appears so blind as to those to whom she does no good. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The greater part of mankind judge of men only by their fashionableness or their fortune. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is better to be adventurous than cautious, because fortune is a woman. — Niccolo Machiavelli
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. — Petrarch
At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate… — Amar Bose
Compassion and shame come over one who considers how precarious is the origin of the proudest of living beings: often the smell of a lately… — Pliny the Elder
Genial manners are good, and power of accommodation to any circumstance, but the high prize of life, the crowning fortune of a man is to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men fall from great fortune because of the same shortcomings that led to their rise. — Jean de la Bruyere
Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great. — Victor Hugo
Behold me waiting—waiting for the knife.... The thick, sweet mystery of chloroform, The drunken dark, the little death-in-life.... [F]ace to face with chance, I shrink… — William Ernest Henley
For he who is honest is noble, Whatever his fortunes or birth. — Alice Cary

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