"Every man should stay within his own fortune. [Lat., Intera fortunam quisque debet manere suam.]"
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"Fortune makes him fool, whom she makes her darling."
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"It is better to be bold than too circumspect, because fortune is of a sex which likes not a tardy wooer and repulses all who are not ardent."
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"Men may second fortune, but they cannot thwart her."
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"Misfortune nobly born is good fortune."
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"Fortune, not wisdom, rules lives."
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"There is nothing better fitted to delight the reader than change of circumstances and varieties of fortune."
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"Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors."
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"Though nature be ever so generous, yet can she not make a hero alone. Fortune must contribute her part too; and till both concur, the work cannot be perfected."
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"Fortune and humor govern the world."
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"Not only ought fortune to be pictured on a wheel, but every thing else in this world."
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"Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune."
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"Fortune comes well to all that comes not late."
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"Truth is no road to fortune."
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"I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves."
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"A prince indebted is a fortune made."
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"Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves."
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"Fortune is unstable, while our will is free."
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"When you have a fortune that is almost hard to imagine, the best thing is not to pass that on to one's children. That distorts their life situation."
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"One good idea is all you need to start a fortune."
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