Fortune Quote by Jane Austen

“...that the Musgroves had had the ill fortune of a very troublesome, hopeless son; and the good fortune to lose him before he reached…

— Jane Austen

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

— Bertolt Brecht

Many have been ruined by their fortunes, and many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it the great have become…

— Anonymous

It had been a royal time of luxury to him, with all its stings and contumelies, compared to the poverty that crept round and…

— Elizabeth Gaskell

A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“For the worst of it was not the lies that after all he was unable to utter, ready as he always was to lie…

— Albert Camus

“And in examining their life and deeds it will be seen that they owed nothing to fortune but the opportunity which gave them matter…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“It was not their inheritance that made him disdainful. Fortune was not antithetical to virtue. That part of the equation was a choice, and…

— Tara Makhmali

Bad luck for the young poet would be a rich father, an early marriage, an early success or the ability to do anything well.

— Charles Bukowski

Fortune seldom troubles the wise man. Reason has controlled his greatest and most important affairs, controls them throughout his life, and will continue to…

— Epicurus

His youth seemed never so vanished as now in the contrast between the utter loneliness of this visit and that riotous, joyful party of…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald