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Seneca:A great mind becomes a great fortune.


A great mind becomes a great fortune.
by Seneca


Saadi:The bad fortune of the good turns their


The bad fortune of the good turns their faces up to heaven; the good fortune of the bad bows their heads down to the earth.
by Saadi


Seneca:Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these


Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
by Seneca


I Ching:The unassuming youth seeking instruction


The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
by I Ching


Anacharsis:A man's felicity consists not in the


A man's felicity consists not in the outward and visible blessing of fortune, but in the inward and unseen perfections and riches of the mind.
by Anacharsis


Jean B. Molière:The less we deserve good


The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.
by Jean B. Molière


William Penn:The tallest trees are most in the


The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune.
by William Penn


Seneca:Whatever fortune has raised to a height,


Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
by Seneca


Samuel Johnson:A wise man is cured of ambition


A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
by Samuel Johnson


François La Rochefoucauld:Moderation has been


Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.
by François La Rochefoucauld


Sallust:As the blessings of health and fortune


As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
by Sallust


Jean La Bruyere:A slave has but one master; the


A slave has but one master; the ambitious man has as many masters as there are persons whose aide may contribute to the advancement of his fortune.
by Jean La Bruyere


Seneca:Behold a worthy sight, to which the God,


Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
by Seneca


Francis Bacon:The way of fortune is like the


The way of fortune is like the milkyway in the sky; which is a number of small stars, not seen asunder, but giving light together: so it is a number of little and scarce discerned virtues, or rather faculties and customs, that make men fortunate.
by Francis Bacon


Akhenaton:As a rock on the seashore he standeth


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.
by Akhenaton


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