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«Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them»

Author: Susanne Curchod Necker | About: Fortune | Keywords: unmask, unmasked, unmasking, unmasks

«As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart sustaineth him; and the steadiness of his mind beareth him out.»

Author: Akhenaton | About: Danger, Fortune, Heart, Men | Keywords: arrows, dashed, dashing, scorn, seashore, tower, waves

«Fortune, that favors fools»

Author: Ben Jonson (Dramatist, Poet) | About: Fortune | Keywords: favors

«Fortune befriends the bold.»

Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | About: Fortune | Keywords: befriended, befriending, befriends, bold

«A man's best fortune, or his worst, is his wife»

Author: Thomas Fuller (Clergyman, Writer) | About: Fortune, Men and Women, Wives

«Fortune and misfortune are two buckets in the same well»

Author: German Proverb | About: Fortune, Misfortune | Keywords: buckets

«A tune is more lasting than the song of the birds,And a word more lasting than the wealth of the world.»

Author: Irish Proverb | About: Fortune, Wealth

«By accident of fortune a man may rule the world for a time, but by virtue of love he may rule the world forever»

Author: Lao Tzu (Philosopher) | About: Accidents, Fortune, Love, Mankind, Time, Virtue, World | Keywords: accident, rule the world

«A great fortune is a great slavery.»

Author: Seneca | About: Fortune

«Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.»

Author: William Shakespeare (Dramatist, Playwright, Poet) | About: Fortune | Keywords: boats, steered, steers

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