History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ~By Edward Gibbon ~
Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy. ~By Erika Slezak ~
A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. ~By Bodhidharma ~
Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none. ~By Marcus Valerius Martial ~
Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate love of reading. ~By Rufus Choate ~
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ~By Francis Bacon ~
From that moment on, the newspaper became a highly lucrative investment for those with a talent for making money or for publishers wanting to gain a fortune. ~By Ferdinand Lassalle ~
Economy, prudence, and a simple life are the sure masters of need, and will often accomplish that which, their opposites, with a fortune at hand, will fail to do. ~By Clara Barton ~
People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time. ~By Sophocles ~
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune. ~By Marcus Fabius Quintilian ~
Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. ~By Aristotle ~
It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ~By James F. Cooper ~
Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune. ~By William Hazlitt ~
O, once in each man's life, at least, Good luck knocks at his door; And wit to seize the flitting guest Need never hunger more. But while the loitering idler waits Good luck beside his fire, The bold heart storms at fortune's gates, And conquers its desire. ~By Lewis J. Bates ~
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. ~By Euripides ~
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. ~By Michel de Montaigne ~
I'm one of those fortunate actors who gets to work pretty much every day. I've had a run of good fortune and work with some terrific people who have hired me. ~By Rob Paulsen ~
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ~By Lord Chesterfield ~
In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune. ~By Taylor Caldwell ~
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy. ~By Boethius ~
France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. ~By Pierre Laval ~
Not to be loved is a misfortune, but it is an insult to be loved no longer. ~By Charles de Secondat ~
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of both houses of Parliament on my side. ~By Robert Walpole ~
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune. ~By Sophocles ~
I believe in America. America's made my fortune. ~By Mario Puzo ~
The aggregation of large fortunes is not at all a thing to be regretted. ~By William Graham Sumner ~
If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong. ~By Bernard Baruch ~
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. ~By Oscar Wilde ~
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. ~By W. Somerset Maugham ~
Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear. ~By William Shakespeare ~
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. ~By Titus Livius ~
The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth. ~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. ~By Jean de La Fontaine ~
I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators. ~By Lajos Kossuth ~
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. ~By Charles R. Swindoll ~
Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes. ~By Sophocles ~
We're going to shoot one Polaroid per show. I'm going to sign this before it even develops because I know that once it develops with my signature on it, it's worth a fortune. I'll make this a work of magic warlock art. ~By Charlie Sheen ~
It is we that are blind, not fortune. ~By Thomas Browne ~
Fortune sides with him who dares. ~By Virgil ~
From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance. ~By Giraldus Cambrensis ~
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. ~By Jane Austen ~
Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ~By Sallust ~
We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past. ~By Bodhidharma ~
It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ~By Petrarch ~
The world is apt to judge of everything by the success; and whoever has ill fortune will hardly be allowed a good name. ~By William Dampier ~
No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition. ~By Jeremy Taylor ~
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ~By Madame de Stael ~
No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing. ~By Patty Duke ~
There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. ~By J. Paul Getty ~
Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's. ~By Colleen McCullough ~
I'm not after fame and success and fortune and power. It's mostly that I want to have a good job and have good friends; that's the good stuff in life. ~By Drew Barrymore ~
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ~By Epicurus ~
If I traveled to the end of the rainbow as Dame Fortune did intend, Murphy would be there to tell me the pot's at the other end. ~By Edward Koch ~
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone. ~By Marcus Tullius Cicero ~
There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. ~By Miguel De Cervantes ~
Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships; the poor man everywhere lies low. ~By Ovid ~
Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune. ~By Charles de Secondat ~
What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed? ~By James Madison ~
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless. ~By Herodotus ~
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. ~By Plato ~
President Bush will come here and there will be new "friends" of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who "liberated" them. ~By Robert Fisk ~
To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. ~By Epictetus ~
There is no formula to making it to the NFL other than good fortune and and playing well in college. ~By Dante Hall ~
The moderation of people in prosperity is the effect of a smooth and composed temper, owing to the calm of their good fortune. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune. ~By Marcus Fabius Quintilian ~
The prayers of cowards fortune spurns. ~By Ovid ~
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great. ~By Carlo Goldoni ~
The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it. ~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune. ~By Tecumseh ~
Fortune converts everything to the advantage of her favorites. ~By Francois de La Rochefoucauld ~
A man endures misfortune without complaint. ~By Franz Schubert ~
Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard. ~By E. Joseph Cossman ~
Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune. ~By Lucius Annaeus Seneca ~
An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding. ~By Robert Louis Stevenson ~
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave. ~By James Russell Lowell ~
Those who have prospered and profited from life's lottery have a moral obligation to share their good fortune. ~By Dick Gephardt ~
Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. ~By Anatole France ~
I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within. ~By Titus Maccius Plautus ~
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others. ~By Robert A. Heinlein ~
If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company. ~By Sela Ward ~
Fortune befriends the bold. ~By Emily Dickinson ~
Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? ~By Thomas Jefferson ~
Fortune and love favor the brave. ~By Ovid ~
Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields. ~By Julius Streicher ~
It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. ~By Nicolas de Chamfort ~
The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed. ~By Robert Welch ~
I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life. ~By Walter Anderson ~
You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. ~By Anita Baker ~
My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered. ~By Nathaniel Hawthorne ~
It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. ~By John Dryden ~
At this moment, by an undeserved stroke of fortune, I am the direct voice of the poets of my race and the indirect voice for the noble Spanish and Portuguese tongues. ~By Gabriela Mistral ~
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. ~By Lord Acton ~
Diligence is the mother of good fortune. ~By Benjamin Disraeli ~
Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real. ~By David Antin ~
A man willing to work, and unable to find work, is perhaps the saddest sight that fortune's inequality exhibits under this sun. ~By Thomas Carlyle ~
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them. ~By Lionel Barrymore ~
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces. ~By Julius Caesar ~
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