"No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition."

Fortune, Impatience, Man, Poor

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"No man is poor who does not think himself so. But if in a full fortune with impatience he desires more, he proclaims his wants and his beggarly condition."

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"A great mind becomes a great fortune."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Fortune, Mind, Statesman

"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."

Herodotus, Greek Historian

Fortune, Luck, Man, May

"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."

Horace, Roman Poet

Fortune, Gain, Tomorrow

"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."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

Fortune, May, Meaning, Value

"Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

Fortune, Luck, Truth, Wisdom, Power

"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Fortune, Yield

"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."

Publilius Syrus, Roman Writer

Fortune,

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

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Fortune, Statesman, Lucius Annaeus Seneca

"Luck is what a capricious man believes in."

Benjamin Disraeli, British Statesman

Fortune, Luck, Belief, Control, Chance

"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Fortune, Future

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"A religion without mystery must be a religion without God."

Religion

"Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous."

Mother

"He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine."

Fool

"If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous."

Anger

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."

Trust

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"A great mind becomes a great fortune."

"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."

"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."

"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."

"Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain."

"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."

"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."

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

"Luck is what a capricious man believes in."

"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""

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"A religion without mystery must be a religion without God."

"Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous."

"He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine."

"If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous."

"Curiosity is the direct incontinency of the spirit."

"Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend."

"Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others."

"Secrecy is the chastity of friendship."

"The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge."

"When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying."