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    We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it works in us patience, humility and the contempt of this world and the hope of our eternal country

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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.

by Euripides Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.

by Filipino Proverb Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more

You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),

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Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
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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.]

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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

by Sallust Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.

by Robert Southwell Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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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

by Mark Twain Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
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Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me.
I have a soul that, like an ample shield,
Can take in all, and verge enough for more.

by John Dryden Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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