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It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her blind, and hoodwink the providence of the Almighty.
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It is with fortune as with fantastical mistresses,–she makes sport with those that are ready to die for her, and throws herself at the feet of others that despise her.
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It might be argued, that to be a knave is the gift of fortune, but to play the fool to advantage it is necessary to be a learned man.
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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.
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Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor.
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Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
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Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more.
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Let not one look of Fortune cast you down; she were not Fortune if she did not frown.
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Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish.
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Luck affects everything; let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it, there will be a fish. [Lat., Casus ubique valet: semper tibi pendeat hamus, Quo minime credas gurgite, piscis erit.]
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Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.
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Man’s fortune is usually changed at once; life is changeable. [Lat., Actutum fortunae solent mutarier; varia vita est.]
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Many dream not to find, neither deserve, and yet are steeped in favors.
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Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.
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Many things slip between cup and lip. [Lat., Multa cadunt inter calicem supremaque labra.]
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. [Lat., Raro simul hominibus bonam fortunam bonamque mentem dari.]
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Men have made of fortune an all-powerful goddess, in order that she may be made responsible for all their blunder’s.
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Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her.
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Men’s fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
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Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune.
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