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Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled read more
It is a madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because in herself she is nothing, but is ruled by prudence.
Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
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Just for a handful of silver he left us,
Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,
Lost all the others she lets us devote.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
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.
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.
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.
