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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.

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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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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

by Ovid Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

Ill fortune seldom comes alone.

by John Dryden Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., read more

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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Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.

by Caius Silius Italicus 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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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.

by Benjamin Rush Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not
despond.
[Lat., Si fortuna juvat, read more

If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not
despond.
[Lat., Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli;
Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.]

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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.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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