"Fame and fortune, how empty they can be."
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"Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes."
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"We are always in a hurry to be happy...; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune."
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"Fortune can take away riches, but not courage."
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"I am conquered less by fortune than by the egotism and ingratitude of my companions in arms."
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"For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy"
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"A sunny disposition is worth more than fortune."
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"You'll be a poorer person all your life if you don't know some of the great stories and great poems."
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"See your disappointments as good fortune. One plan's deflation is another's inflation."
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"Fortune soon tires of carrying anyone long on her shoulders."
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"[With] closet indexing....you're paying a manager a fortune and he has 85% of his assets invested parallel to the indexes. If you have such a system, you're being played for a sucker."
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"Well, if Fortune be a woman, she's a good wench for this gear."
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"As we are, so we do; and as we do, so is it done to us; we are the builders of our fortunes."
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"Do you know what is more hard to bear than the reverses of fortune? It is the baseness, the hideous ingratitude, of man."
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"Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not."
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"...it behooves us to adapt oneself to the times if one wants to enjoy continued good fortune."
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"There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune."
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"Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced."
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"Fortune cures us of many faults that reason could not."
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"Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]"
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