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Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.
Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune,
He had not the method of making a fortune.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
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
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Don't trust in fortune until you are in heaven.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in read more
Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a
common grave.
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fors juvat audentes.]
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like read more
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.rn
