Fortune Quotes
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Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.
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In human life there is constant change of fortune; and it is unreasonable to expect an exemption from the common fate. Life itself decays, and all things are daily changing.
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A single woman, of good fortune, is always respectable, and may be as sensible and pleasant as any body else.
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Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.
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May I always have a heart superior, with economy suitable, to my fortune.
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That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.
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Fortune reigns in gifts of the world.
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Therever fortune clears a way, thither our ready footsteps stray.
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Fortune have somewhat the nature of a woman; if she be too much wooed, she is the farther off.
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It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one.
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Las Vegas, Nevada: A city where oddities don't make you lame, But instead bring you riches and fortune and fame.
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Whatever we give to the wretched, we lend to fortune.
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The mind is a matter over every kind of fortune; itself acts in both ways, being the cause of its own happiness and misery.
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The fact is, there are Fortune 500 companies that have been founded during recessions.
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Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening.
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Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.
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Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
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My third maxim was to try always to conquer myself rather than fortune, and to change my desires rather than the order of the world, and generally to accustom myself to believing that there is nothing entirely in our power except our thoughts, so that after we have done our best regarding things external to us, everything in which we do not succeed is for us absolutely impossible.
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India's fortune will depend on how many runs the little champion scores. There is no doubt Tendulkar is the real thing.
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I'm still not sure what is meant by good fortune and success. I know fame and power are for the birds. But then life suddenly comes into focus for me. And, ah, there stand my kids.
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Greatness, once fallen out with fortune, must fall out with men too.
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Let everyone witness how many different cards fortune has up her sleeve when she wants to ruin a man.
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It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.
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Referring to a wealthy miser he said, "He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him."
