Quotes about fortune

"Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."

Bacon, Francis on fortune
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"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

Balzac, Honore De on fortune   

"Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold."

Butterworth, Eric on fortune   

"Each man is the smith of his own fortune."

Caecus, Appius Claudius on fortune   

"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away."

Charles V on fortune   

"Every individual is the architect of his own fortune."

Claudius, Appius on fortune   

"It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence."

Dryden, John on fortune   

"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on fortune   

"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."

Euripides on fortune   

"He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner."

Franklin, Benjamin on fortune   

"Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on fortune
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"Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry."

Goldsmith, Oliver on fortune   

"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."

Horace on fortune
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"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him."

Horace on fortune   

"Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together."

Jerrold, Douglas William on fortune   

"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De on fortune   

"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave."

Lowell, James Russell on fortune   

"Good fortune and evil fortune come to all things alike in this world of time."

Moasi on fortune   

"There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window."

Montesquieu, Charles De on fortune   

"I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear."

Ovid on fortune   

"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish."

Ovid on fortune   

"I do have big tits. Always had 'em -- pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em."

Parton, Dolly on fortune   

"Fortune favors the prepared mind."

Pasteur, Louis on fortune
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"One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse."

Proverb on fortune   

"Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune."

Proverb on fortune   

"A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence."

Proverb, Chinese on fortune   

"Against change of fortune set a brave heart."

Proverb, French on fortune   

"In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in."

Proverb, German on fortune   

"Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid."

Proverb, Latin on fortune   

"Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester."

Quarles, Francis on fortune   

"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on fortune   

"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor."

Ruskin, John on fortune   

"There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery. [Julius Caesar]"

Shakespeare, William on fortune   

"Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."

Syrus, Publilius on fortune
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"Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her."

Twain, Mark on fortune
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"Fortune does not so much change men, as it unmasks them."

Unknown, Source on fortune   

"Fortune favors the brave."

Virgil on fortune   

"Fortune sides with him who dares."

Virgil on fortune   

"Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us."

Voiture, Vincent on fortune   

"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."

Whitman, Walt on fortune