Fortune

Francois de La Rochefoucauld Writer

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"The caprice of our temper is even more whimsical than that of Fortune."

Fortune Caprice Whimsical

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Gustave Flaubert Novelist

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"By working one can bend fortune. She is fond of crafty men."

Men Fortune Crafty

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Leonardo da Vinci Artist, Scientist, Inventor

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"When Fortune comes, seize her in front with a sure hand, because behind she is bald."

Hands Fortune Behinds

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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Poet, Playwright, Novelist

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"It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. [Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]"

Should Fortune Fortunate

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Honore de Balzac Novelist

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"Behind every fortune there is a crime."

Crime Fortune Behinds

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Honore de Balzac Novelist

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"Time is the only capital of those who just have their inteligence as fortune."

Fortune

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Barbara Kingsolver Author, Biologist

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"Some of us know how we came by our fortune and some of us don't; but we wear it all the same"

Knows Know How Fortune

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Euripides Playwright

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"None can hold fortune still and make it last."

Lasts Destiny Fortune

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Aeschylus Playwright

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"Good fortune is a god among men, and more than a god."

Men Fortune Good Fortune

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Aeschylus Playwright

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"High fortune, this in man's eye is god and more than god is this."

Men Eye Fortune

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Chapman Cohen Philosopher

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"It is not, after all, so very hard to acquire a fortune; the real difficulty is to deserve one."

Real Fortune Difficulty

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Charlotte Bronte Novelist, Poet

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"Friends always forget those whom fortune forsakes."

Forget Fortune Forsake

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Asher Roth Rapper

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"I'd pick fortune over fame any day."

Fame Fortune Picks

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Walt Whitman Poet, Essayist

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"I do not seek good fortune - I am good fortune!"

Fortune Good Fortune

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"If fortune torments me, hope contents me."

Life Fortune Torment

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Lady, with me, with me thy fortune lies."

Lying Fortune Deceit

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Many dream not to find, neither deserve, and yet are steeped in favors."

Dream Favors Fortune

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"Will Fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest terms?"

Writing Hands Fortune

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William Shakespeare Playwright, Poet

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"What else may hap, to time I will commit."

May Time Fortune

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Victor Hugo Novelist, Poet

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"Have but luck, and you will have the rest; be fortunate, and you will be thought great."

Luck Fortune Fortunate

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