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Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door.
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want read more
It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher read more
The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
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.
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she
is the farther off."
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs.
