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A just fortune awaits the deserving. [Lat., Fors aequa merentes Respicit.]
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.
The short fortune-teller who escaped from prison: a small medium at large.
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
There is no fortune so good that you can find nothing in it to complain of.
Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals.
The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune.
A happy marriage is still the greatest treasure within the gift of fortune.
I've had the great fortune of working with incredible people on many shows.
I could have made a fortune in cheeseburgers, but I finally chose politics.
Beauty is fading, nor is fortune stable; sooner or later death comes to all.
No man has perpetual good fortune. [Lat., Nulli est homini perpetuum bonum.]
Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.
I don't envy young Brits crossing the Atlantic to make their fortunes today.
Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.
I am convinced that you don't need to spend a fortune to look like a million.
Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
A pawn, when separated from his fellows, will seldom or never make a fortune.
How often are we forced to charge fortune with partiality towards the unjust!
Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
Fortune never seems so blind to any as to those on whom she bestows no favors.
I went to a shrink once, but I caught him going to a fortune-teller so I quit.
No hour brings good fortune to one man without bringing misfortune to another.
You have to do more than you get paid for because that’s where the fortune is.
Fortune is like a coquette; if you don't run after her, she will run after you.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.
There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.
Contentment travels rarely with fortune, but follows virtue even in misfortune.
Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.
We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either.
For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.
The permanency of most friendships depends upon the continuity of good fortune.
The woman who can create her own job is the woman who will win fame and fortune.
Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
The good fortune of America is closely tied to the good fortune of all humanity.
The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
It seems to never occur to fools that merit and good fortune are closely united.
The bones of the Dead will be seen to govern the fortunes of him who moves them.
The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
The fortune of our lives depends on employing well the short period of our youth.
We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give.
Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.
I'm not sure whether it's good fortune or bad, but I've died many times on screen.
You had my heart, and I yours; a heart for a heart, good fortune for good fortune.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Many fortunes, like rivers, have a pure source, but grow muddy as they grow large.