"Fortune resists half-hearted prayers." — Ovid

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• Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a… — Marcus Aurelius
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• He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of… — Francis Bacon
• Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. — Francis Bacon
• Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is… — Francis Bacon
• The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen… — Francis Bacon
• You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your… — Anita Baker
• Behind every great fortune lies a great crime. — Honore de Balzac
• The life of a man who deliberately runs through his fortune often becomes a business speculation; his friends, his pleasures,… — Honore de Balzac

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