Fortune

(112 votes)   Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet, Dramatist, Novelist

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(109 votes)   Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.

Latin Proverbs
Sayings of Latin Origin

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(71 votes)   Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, American Poet, Essayist

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(63 votes)   Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

Douglas William Jerrold
1803-1857, British Humorist, Playwright

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(60 votes)   A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.

Chinese Proverbs
Sayings of Chinese Origin

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(57 votes)   Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

James Russell Lowell
1819-1891, American Poet, Critic, Editor

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(56 votes)   There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves.

Francois De La Rochefoucauld
1613-1680, French Classical Writer

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(53 votes)   Against change of fortune set a brave heart.

French Proverbs
Sayings of French Origin

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(52 votes)   One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse.

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(44 votes)   Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune.

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(43 votes)   In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in.

German Proverbs
Sayings of German Origin

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(40 votes)   Every individual is the architect of his own fortune.

Appius Claudius
4th - 3rd BC, Aristocratic Roman Statesman, General

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(40 votes)   There is a tide in the affairs of men, which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound by shallows and in misery. [Julius Caesar]

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(38 votes)   Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away.

Charles V
1500-1558, King of Spain, Holy Roman Emperor.

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(35 votes)   I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear.

Ovid
BC 43-18 AD, Roman Poet

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