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Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend read more
To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
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.
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
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
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."
