Fortune Quote by Democritus Download Open image “Fortune provides a man's table with luxuries, virtue with only a frugal meal.” — Democritus ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fortune Frugal Luxury Meals Men Tables Virtue Wealth
Fortune may crowd a man's life with fortunate circumstances and happy opportunities, but they will, as we all know, avail him nothing unless he… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a number of smaller stars, not seen asunder, but giving… — Francis Bacon Sr Copy Share Image
The methods that help a man acquire a fortune are the very ones that keep him from enjoying it. — Antoine Rivarol Copy Share Image
The way of fortune is like the milky way in the sky; which is a meeting, or knot, of a number of small stars,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Whatever the Benefits of Fortune are , they yet require a Palate fit to relish and taste them; 'Tis Fruition, and not Possession, that… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Fortune is no real thing. But men who cannot bear what comes to them In Nature's way, give their own characters The name of… — Menander Copy Share Image
If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for poverty requires… — Geraldine Brooks Copy Share Image
A man can hardly be said to have made a fortune if he does not know how to enjoy it. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
A man who has cured himself of all ridiculous prepossessions, and is fully, sincerely, and steadily convinced, from experience as well as philosophy, that… — David Hume Copy Share Image
Good fortune almost always makes some change in a man's behavior - in his manner of speaking and acting. It is a great weakness… — Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable Copy Share Image
If your desires are not great, a little will seem much to you; for small appetite makes poverty equivalent to wealth. — Democritus Copy Share Image
If thou suffer injustice, console thyself; the true unhappiness is in doing it. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Men have made an idol of luck as an excuse for their own thoughtlessness. — Democritus Copy Share Image
People sometimes rationalize their greed by saying that it is all for the good of their children but this is nothing but an excuse… — Democritus Copy Share Image
Beautiful objects are wrought by study through effort, but ugly things are reaped automatically without toil. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Nature and education are somewhat similar. The latter transforms man, and in so doing creates a second nature. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Raising children is an uncertain thing; success is reached only after a life of battle and worry. — Democritus Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
What has drug addiction done for me? It's cost me my career, my fortune and basically my sex life when I found out I… — Robbin Crosby Copy Share Image
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of… — Giraldus Cambrensis Copy Share Image
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy Copy Share Image
“This spending of the best part of one's life earning money in order to enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them;… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A great JRPG captures that feeling of going on an unusual adventure, of bringing a ragtag group of heroes from famine to fortune or… — Jason Schreier Copy Share Image
A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
