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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.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to
destruction.
[Lat., Eheu! quam brevibus pereunt ingentia fatis.]
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
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If hindrances obstruct the way,
Thy magnanimity display.
And let thy strength be seen:
But O, if Fortune fill thy sail
With more than a propitious gale,
Take half thy canvas in.
We ought to give thanks for all fortune: it is is good, because it is good, if bad, because it read more
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
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
