Quotes with fortune-telling

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  • William Shakespeare 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.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Thomas Gray Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.
    Thomas Gray
    British poet (1716 - 1771)
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  • Samuel Johnson A continual feast of commendation is only to be obtained by merit or by wealth: many are therefore obliged to content themselves with single morsels, and recompense the infrequency of their enjoyment by excess and riot, whenever fortune sets the banquet before them.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • A. Brisbane A good friend can tell you what is the matter with you in a minute. He may not seem such a good friend after telling.
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  • Eden Phillpotts A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.
    Eden Phillpotts
    English author, poet and dramatist (1862 - 1960)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Denis Waitley A life lived with integrity - even if it lacks the trappings of fame and fortune is a shinning star in whose light others may follow in the years to come.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Richard Whately A man who gives his children habits of industry provides for them better than by giving them a fortune.
    Richard Whately
    British writer (1787 - 1863)
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  • Aaron Sorkin A news organization has a much different responsibility. I might not be telling you the whole story. I might not be telling you a story in a manner that is properly sophisticated.
    Aaron Sorkin
    American screenwriter, director, producer, and playwright (1961 - )
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  • Benjamin Rush A pioneer is generally a man who has outlived his credit or fortune in the cultivated parts.
    Benjamin Rush
    American politician (1745 - 1813)
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  • William Butler Yeats A pity beyond all telling is hid in the heart of love.
    William Butler Yeats
    Irish poet (1865 - 1939)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère A slave has but one master. An ambition man, has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Anna Held A woman must make her fortune before she is 30; or work after she is 30; or get married.
    Anna Held
    Polish-born stage performer and singer (1872 - 1918)
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  • Luc de Clapiers Action makes more fortune than caution.
    Luc de Clapiers
    French writer and moralist
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  • Anita Brookner All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Bill Mumy Anyway, in the mid 80's I was spending a fortune buying old Golden Age books from the late 30's and 40's and I was making personal appearances at a lot of sci fi and comic book conventions all around the country here so that I could find books for my collection.
    Bill Mumy
    American actor and musician (1954 - )
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  • Bruce Vilanch As I'm always fond of telling hosts at the Oscars who are doing it for their first time, for everybody who wins, there are four people who don't. As the evening wears on, the room fills up with losers, and then they are bitter.
    Bruce Vilanch
    American comedy writer, songwriter and actor (1948 - )
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  • Sallust As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
    Sallust
    Roman historian (86 - 34)
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  • Butch Trucks Back when Napster first came along, I started telling everybody Napster was like shooting yourself in the foot because you're stealing music. The record companies don't pay for us to make records - the bands do.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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