Wealth Quote by Donna Leon Download Open image ““hostages to fortune.”” — Donna Leon ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Wealth
“He who hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprise.” — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
“When fortune favors fools, it is to punish them for the sake of the wise.” — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
I have a wife, I have sons; all these hostages have I given to fortune. — F. L. Lucas Copy Share Image
“Vianello had the knack of getting people to talk. Especially if they were Venetians, the people he interviewed invariably warmed to this large, sweet-tempered… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
This is a fallen world. People lie, the truth gets distorted, and that's the way it is. What's for dinner ? — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“even the worst men wanted to be perceived as better than they were. How else could hypocrisy have risen to such delirious levels?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“And will knowing what she reads make you know who she is?” “Can you think of a better way to tell?” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be rich or successful or famous. I just wanted to be happy and have fun. — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Helmut thought himself above common morality. Or perhaps he thought he’d managed to create his own, different from ours, better.” — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“Once, walking with him, Paola had stopped and asked him what he was thinking about, and the fact that she was the only person… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
“..if you put people on a diet, they start thinking about food. Or if you make someone stop smoking, all they think about is… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
And off in the far distance, the gold on the wings of the angel atop the bell tower of San Marco flashed in the… — Donna Leon Copy Share Image
Don't let's lose sight of what creates wealth. It is open markets, it is capitalism. — Rupert Murdoch Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
“There is no fortune greater than peace; there is no force greater than peace; there is no excellent tapas greater than peace; there is… — Muruganar Copy Share Image
It is the interest of the commercial world that wealth should be found everywhere. — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“Today the main source of wealth is knowledge. And whereas you can conquer oil fields through war, you cannot acquire knowledge that way.” — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
“For her [Françoise], wealth was like a necessary condition without which virtue would lack both merit and charm. She made so little distinction between… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
You can criticize Trump and his wealth all day long, but you can't say he hasn't worked. You can say that about the Clintons. — Rush Limbaugh 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
“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
Records, radio, television, movies, magazines-all are monopolized by the money managers who are guided by one ethic, the words wealth and power. — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
