Fortune Quote by Sophocles

The good or the bad fortune of men depends not less upon their own dispositions than upon fortune.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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

Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god.

— Aeschylus

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as…

— Sallust

A wise man is out of the reach of fortune.

— Thomas Browne

Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and give them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they…

— Plutarch

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

The truly good and wise man will bear all kinds of fortune in a seemly way, and will always act in the noblest manner…

— Aristotle

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

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

— Thomas Fuller

When fortune has been abolished, when every profession is open to everyone, an ambitious man may think it is easy to launch himself on…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

The man who is truly good and wise will bear with dignity whatever fortune sends, and will always make the best of his circumstances.

— Aristotle