Fortune
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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it
Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered
Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man
I have always believed that all things depended upon fortune, and nothing upon ourselves
All our advantages are those of fortune; birth, wealth, health, beauty, are her accidents; and when we cry out against fate, it were well we should remember fortune can take naught save what she gave
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another
Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him
Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken
Industry, perseverance and frugality make fortune yield
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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