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"Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune."
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"Nothing guarantees a person effortless wealth as when his SEASON comes."
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"Risk means 'shit happens' or 'good luck."
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"Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain."
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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
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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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"Some donkeys have amazing luck."
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"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."
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"Fortune favours the bold."
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"Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune."
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"The greatest good fortune of my return to Cambridge in 1946 was that there, in the spring, I met Elizabeth Fay Ringo. We were married a few months later."
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"Southern white people despise the Negro as a race, and will do nothing to aid in his elevation as such; but for certain individuals they have a strong affection, and are helpful to them in many ways."
People
"Through my music teaching and my not absolutely irregular attendance at church, I became acquainted with the best class of colored people in Jacksonville."
Music
"Northern white people love the Negro in a sort of abstract way, as a race; through a sense of justice, charity, and philanthropy, they will liberally assist in his elevation."
Love
"And so for a couple of years my life was divided between my music and my school books."
Life
"I thought of Paris as a beauty spot on the face of the earth, and of London as a big freckle."
Beauty
"My luck at the gambling table was varied; sometimes I was fifty to a hundred dollars ahead, and at other times I had to borrow money from my fellow workmen to settle my room rent and pay for my meals."
Money
"Labor is the fabled magician's wand, the philosophers stone, and the cap of good fortune."
Fortune
"It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree."
Man
"As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs."
Old
"In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms."
Travel
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