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    Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the
    proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a
    common grave.

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Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long read more

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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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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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

by Sallust 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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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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Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.

Neuer thinke you fortune can beare the sway,
Where Virtue's force, can cause her to obay.

by Elizabeth I Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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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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Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

by Vincent Voiture Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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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.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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