Fortune
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Fortune favours the daring
It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life
The most wretched fortune is safe; for there is no fear of anything worse
Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much
A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them
The wheel of fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself, I shall to-day be uppermost
Behind every great fortune lies a great crime
Fortune never seems so blind as to those upon whom she confers no favors
The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate
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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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