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Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.
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.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., read more
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., Quivis beatus, versa rota fortunae, ante vesperum potest
esse miserrimus.]
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she
is the farther off."
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind.
In the field of observation, chance favors the prepared mind.
