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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON FORTUNE
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Aesop (620-560 BC, Greek fabulist)
An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914, American author, editor, journalist, "The Devil's Dictionary")
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
Jane Austen (1775-1817, British novelist)
If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
Sir Francis Bacon
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Honore De Balzac (1799-1850, French novelist)
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Honore De Balzac (1799-1850, French novelist)
It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.
Buddha (568-488 BC, Indian born, founder of Buddhism)
Those whose work and pleasures are one are fortune's favorite children.
Winston Churchill (1874-1965, British statesman, Prime Minister)
Each man is the smith of his own fortune.
Appius Claudius Caecus
There is scarcely an instance of a Ian who has made a fortune by speculation, and kept it.
Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919, American industrialist, philanthropist)
Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.
Charles V (1500-1558, Spanish King)
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Every man deems that he has precisely the trials and temptations which are the hardest of all others for him to bear; but they are so, simply because they are the very ones he most needs.
Lydia M. Child (1802-1880, American abolitionist, writer, editor)
I know there's a Derby out there with my name on it.
Pat Day (1953-, American jockey)
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
John Dryden (1631-1700, British poet, dramatist, critic)
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence.
John Dryden (1631-1700, British poet, dramatist, critic)
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882, American poet, essayist)
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Euripides (BC 480-406, Greek tragic poet)
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
R. Buckminster Fuller (1895-1983, American inventor, designer, poet, philosopher)
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
Thomas Fuller (1608-1661, British clergyman, author)
Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832, German poet, dramatist, novelist)
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774, Anglo-Irish author, poet, playwright)
Cease to ask what the morrow will bring forth, and set down as gain each day that Fortune grants.
Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Horace (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
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 (BC 65-8, Italian poet)
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857, British humorist, playwright)
Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.
Douglas William Jerrold (1803-1857, British humorist, playwright)
The shortest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote yours.
Jean De La Bruyere (1645-1696, French classical writer)
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
James Russell Lowell (1819-1891, American poet, critic, editor)
By the accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever.
Lao-Tzu (BC 600-?, Chinese philosopher, founder of Taoism)
Everyone is perfectly willing to learn from unpleasant experience -- if only the damage of the first lesson could be repaired.
Georg C. Lichtenberg (1742-1799, German physicist, satirist)
Now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.
Don Marquis (1878-1937, American humorist, journalist)
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willingly avoids the sight of distress.
W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965, British novelist, playwright)
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.
William McFee
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.
Charles De Montesquieu (1689-1755, French jurist, political philosopher)
I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcends fear.
Ovid (BC 43-18 AD, Roman poet)
Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
Ovid (BC 43-18 AD, Roman poet)
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.
Dolly Parton (1946-, American musician, country singer, actress, songwriter)
Fortune favors the prepared mind.
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895, French scientist who developed pasteurization)
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
Against change of fortune set a brave heart.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
People will ignore their misfortunes and their interests when they are in competition with their pleasures.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
Misfortune does not always result in harm.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
Latin Proverb (Sayings of Latin origin)
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
Persian Proverb (Sayings of Persian origin)
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards? Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
Francis Quarles (1592-1644, British poet)
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Swiss political philosopher, educationist, essayist)
Little privations are easily endured when the heart is better treated than the body.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Swiss political philosopher, educationist, essayist)
We do not know what is really good or bad fortune.
Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778, Swiss political philosopher, educationist, essayist)
Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
John Ruskin (1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
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]
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
William Shakespeare (1564-1616, British poet, playwright, actor)
Early impressions are hard to eradicate from the mind. When once wool as been dyed purple, who can restore it to its previous whiteness?
St. Jerome (c.342-420, Croatian Christian ascetic, scholar)
Fortune is like glass -- the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
Publilius Syrus (85 BC- 43BC, Roman writer)
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus (55-117, Roman historian)
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.
Mark Twain (1835-1910, American humorist, writer)
Good fortune and evil fortune come to all things alike in this world of time.
Author Unknown
One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.
Author Unknown
People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves.
Author Unknown
Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.
Author Unknown
There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.
Author Unknown
The common excuse of those who bring misfortune on others is that they desire their good.
Luc de Clapiers de Vauvenargues
Fortune favors the brave.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Fortune sides with him who dares.
Virgil (c. 70 - 19 BC, Roman poet)
Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.
Vincent Voiture
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892, American poet)
There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Oscar Wilde (1856-1900, British author, wit)
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