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"Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous."
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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."

"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."

"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."

"Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall."

"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."

"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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"The law, in our case, seems to make the right; and the very reverse ought to be done - the right should make the law."

"The bore is usually considered a harmless creature, or of that class of irrationa bipeds who hurt only themselves."
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