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Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
[Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
[Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of read more
One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful
Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
The expectations of life depend upon diligence; the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the read more
God, grant me the Senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune read more
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
