"Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."

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"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

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"Your fortune is not something to find but to unfold."

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"Each man is the smith of his own fortune."

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"Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away."

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"Every individual is the architect of his own fortune."

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"It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence."

Dryden, John on Fortune
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"Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character."

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"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."

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"He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner."

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"Only learn to seize good fortune, for good fortune's always here."

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"Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry."

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"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."

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"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him."

Horace on Fortune
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"Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together."

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"There is a kind of elevation which does not depend on fortune; it is a certain air which distinguishes us, and seems to destine us for great things; it is a price which we imperceptibly set upon ourselves."

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"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave."

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"Good fortune and evil fortune come to all things alike in this world of time."

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"There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window."

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"I am above being injured by fortune, though she steals away much, more will remain with me. The blessing I now enjoy transcend fear."

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"Luck affects everything. Let your hook always be cast; in the stream where you least expect it there will be a fish."

Ovid on Fortune
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"I do have big tits. Always had 'em -- pushed 'em up, whacked 'em around. Why not make fun of 'em? I've made a fortune with 'em."

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"Fortune favors the prepared mind."

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"One's best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse."

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"Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune."

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"A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence."

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"Against change of fortune set a brave heart."

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"In bad fortune hold out, in good hold in."

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"Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid."

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"Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester."

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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."

Rousseau, Jean Jacques on Fortune
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"Large fortunes are all founded either on the occupation of land, or lending or the taxation of labor."

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"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. [Julius Caesar]"

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"Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."

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"Fortune knocks at every man's door once in a life, but in a good many cases the man is in a neighboring saloon and does not hear her."

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"Fortune does not so much change men, as it unmasks them."

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"Fortune favors the brave."

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"Fortune sides with him who dares."

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"Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us."

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"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."

Whitman, Walt on Fortune
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