Fortunate Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No one knows he is fortunate until he becomes unfortunate, that's the way the world is.

— Chaim Potok

If you think of the public lives of people who've been unlucky, it seems showbiz is some tumultuous crazy world but some are fortunate…

— Harry Connick, Jr

Those that have had great passions esteem themselves for the rest of their lives fortunate and unfortunate in being cured of them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“whether it was fortunate or unfortunate for Claire that neither of her parents had left be-hind any relatives suitable for raising her—all had either…

— Elizabeth Bevarly

“Let it suffice that George Pontifex did not consider himself fortunate, and he who does not consider himself fortunate is unfortunate.”

— Samuel Butler

Pity is a sense of our own misfortunes in those of another man; it is a sort of foresight of the disasters which may…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no accident so unfortunate but wise men will make some advantage of it, nor any so entirely fortunate but fools may turn…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The fortunate man is the one who cannot take more than a couple of drinks without becoming intoxicated. The unfortunate wight is the one…

— Jack London

There are those... who enter the world in such poverty that they are deprived of both the means and the motivation to improve their…

— Aga Khan IV

Riches are for the comfort of life, and not life for the accumulation of riches. I asked a holy wise man, "Who is fortunate…

— Saadi