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Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much.
 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), 
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.
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.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a 
goodly heritage.  
 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a 
goodly heritage. 
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
Ill fortune seldom comes alone.
 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. 
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.