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Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty.
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in read more
Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
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.]
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune read more
Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
