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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.]
Fortune and love favor the brave.
Fortune and love favor the brave.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.
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.
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),
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.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
Deals under a hundred mil are for shoe clerks.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.