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“Say farewell to luck when winning. It is the way of the gamblers of reputation. Quite as important as a gallant advance is a well-planned retreat. Lock up your winnings when they are enough, or whe...”
“Misfortune is the best fortune. Rejection by all is victory.”
“Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.”
“I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.”
“[I]n other words, we should live with due knowledge of the course of things in the world. For whenever a man in any way loses self-control, or is struck down by a misfortune, grows angry, or loses ...”
“Great fortune and peace of mind seldom live together.”
“Fortune makes him fool whom she makes her darling.”
“It is fortune not wisdom that rules man's life.”
“Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.”
“The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain.”
“Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time it's ten to one if they hang long together.”
“Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.”
“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
“O fortune fortune! all men call thee fickle.”
“There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune.”
“Most of us have the good or bad fortune of seeing our lives fall apart so slowly we barely notice.”
“Fortune favours the brave, sir," said Carrot cheerfully."Good. Good. Pleased to hear it, captain. What is her position vis a vis heavily armed, well prepared and excessively manned armies?""Oh, no–...”
“She never had much in this life, but with the simplest things, she made her corner of the world as beautiful as any king's palace. We may lack riches, but the greatest fortune is what lies in our h...”
“often enough, we owe our good fortune to someone else’s loss.”
“Normality wasn't in the days I'd left behind me: it was only to be found in whatever fortune placed in my path each morning.”
