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"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."
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"The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless."
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"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
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"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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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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"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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"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."
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"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."
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"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune."
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"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him."
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"Life is full of chances and changes and the most prosperous of men may ... meet with great misfortunes."
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"While we stop to think, we often miss our opportunity."
Opportunity
"Each day is the scholar of yesterday."
Learning
"Pain forces even the innocent to lie."
Pain
"Take care that no one hates you justly."
Respect
"Practice is the best of all instructors."
Practice
"Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly."
Friendship
"It is kindness to immediately refuse what you intend to deny."
Kindness
"Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them."
Friendship
"We die as often as we lose a friend."
Friendship
"The weeping of an heir is laughter in disguise."
Loss
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