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Fortune Quotes
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If hindrances obstruct the way, Thy magnanimity display. And let thy strength be seen: But O, if Fortune fill thy sail With more than a propitious gale, Take half thy canvas in. (Quote by - William Cowper)
Fortune rarely accompanies anyone to the door. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much. (Quote by - Horace)
Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel become most wretched before evening. (Quote by - Marcellinus Ammianus)
Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip. (Quote by - Aulus Gellius)
It is the fortunate who should extol fortune. (Quote by - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off." (Quote by - Francis Bacon)
Just for a handful of silver he left us, Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat; Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us, Lost all the others she lets us devote. (Quote by - Robert Browning)
Alas! by what slight means are great affairs brought to destruction. (Quote by - Claudian)
All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and. . . you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold. (Quote by - Anita Brookner)
Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me. I have a soul that, like an ample shield, Can take in all, and verge enough for more. (Quote by - John Dryden)
The bitter dregs of Fortune's cup to drain. (Quote by - Homer)
Fortune favors the brave. (Quote by - Claudian)
Every individual is the architect of his own fortune. (Quote by - Appius Claudius)