Quotes with fortune

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• One is never more on trial than in the moment of excessive good fortune.

  Lew Wallace
  American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, territorial governor and statesman, politician, and author of (1827 - 1905)
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• One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
  

  Robert A. Heinlein
  American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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• Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here.

  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
  German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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• Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started.

  Ayn Rand
  Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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• Private information is practically the source of every large modern fortune.

  Oscar Wilde
  Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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• Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.

  Charles Simmons
  American editor and novelist (1798 - 1856)
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• Quite minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.

  Robert Louis Stevenson
  Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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• Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain.

  Horace
  Roman poet
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• Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.

  Socrates
  Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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• Several of the actors I've had the good fortune of working with stand out in my mind as 'ultimate'. I guess the obvious would be Tom Hanks, because he really is as fun and as genuine as he comes across in his films and interviews.

  Barry Pepper
  Canadian-American actor (1950 - )
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• Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?

  Aldous Huxley
  English writer (1894 - 1963)
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• Thank God for poverty That makes and keeps us free, And lets us go our unobtrusive way, Glad of the sun and rain, Upright, serene, humane, Contented with the fortune of a day.

  Bliss Carman
  Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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• The 'Fortune' I came to work for on Jan. 25, 1954, was a monthly, with pages significantly larger than what you're reading; 'art' covers that did not relate to stories inside; and a newsstand price of $1.25.

  Carol Loomis
  American financial journalist (1929 - )
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• The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.

  Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
  German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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• The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair though fear alone.

  Tacitus
  Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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• The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.

  Miguel de Cervantes
  Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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• The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness, whether it be to make baskets, or broadswords, or canals, or statues, or songs.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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• The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied.

  Francis Bacon
  English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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• The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech.

  John Mortimer
  English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter, and author (1923 - 2009)
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• The Goddess Fortune is the devil's servant, ready to kiss any one's ass.

  William Blake
  English poet (1757 - 1827)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• significantly
• practically
• promptitude
• unobtrusive
• broadswords
• delightful

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