Fortune Quote by Sophocles Download Open image “Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.” — Sophocles ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 5.0 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Fortune Humans Inspirational Nature of man Tyranny Wealth
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
The blessings of fortune are the lowest; the next are the bodily advantages of strength and health; but the superlative blessings, in fine, are… — Roger L'Estrange Copy Share Image
The greatest reverses of fortune are the most easily borne from a sort of dignity belonging to them. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
“Always having what we want may not be the best good fortune Health seems sweetest after sickness, food in hunger, goodness in the wake… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Those whose life is long still strive for gain, and for all mortals all things take second place to money. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Go then if you must, but remember, no matter how foolish your deeds, those who love you will love you still. — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Why should man fear since chance is all in all for him, and he can clearly foreknow nothing? Best to live lightly, as one… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
When ice appears out of doors, and boys seize it up while it is solid, at first they experience new pleasures. But in the… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
“I have nothing but contempt for the kind of governor who is afraid, for whatever reason, to follow the course that he knows is… — Sophocles Copy Share Image
Time hath not yet so dried this blood of mine, Nor age so eat up my invention, Nor fortune made such havoc of my… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
Five World Series rings, 3000-plus hits, the fame, the fortune and playing for the second most historic franchise in baseball... These are just some… — Mookie Betts Copy Share Image
What has drug addiction done for me? It's cost me my career, my fortune and basically my sex life when I found out I… — Robbin Crosby 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
Whatever your conscious mind assumes and believes to be true, your subconscious mind will accept and bring to pass. Believe in good fortune, divine… — Joseph Murphy 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
You have a little bit of talent, a certain amount of good fortune and a lot of hard work in pursuit of whatever truth… — Donald Sutherland Copy Share Image
No state of society or laws can render men so much alike but that education, fortune, and tastes will interpose some differences between them;… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
A great JRPG captures that feeling of going on an unusual adventure, of bringing a ragtag group of heroes from famine to fortune or… — Jason Schreier Copy Share Image
A writer can make a fortune in America, but he can't make a living. — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
