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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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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she read more

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see
Fortune: for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

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To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.

To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.

by Aeschylus Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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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.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

by Aulus Gellius Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]

Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
[Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]

It is fortune, not wisdom, that rules man's life.
[Lat., Vitam regit fortuna, non sapientia.]

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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 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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