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Thomas Gray

"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune."

Thomas Gray, English Poet
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"Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a 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."

James Tobin, American Economist
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"The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips."

J. Paul Getty, American Businessman
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"I daresay something will happen, between now and '91, to make your fortunes look up."

Hilary Mantel, British Novelist
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"I don't need to make a fortune, I need to survive."

Solomon Burke, American Musician
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"I jumped off the wheel of fortune because I wanted to simplify things. Now I've fulfilled my obligations to myself by making my new record. I'd like it to sell millions of copies, but my self - worth is not based on chart positions."

Roland Gift, British Actor
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"It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other."

Petrarch, Italian Poet
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"I have always believed that all things depended upon Fortune, and nothing upon ourselves."

Lord Byron, British Poet
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"The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune."

Joseph Addison, English Writer
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"Life is full of chances and changes and the most prosperous of men may ... meet with great misfortunes."

Aristotle, Greek Philosopher
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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."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer
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