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"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."

"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave."

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

"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."

"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
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"I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and dread at the fearful magic of print."


"The worst fault of the working classes is telling their children they're not going to succeed."


"The freedom to make a fortune on the stock exchange has been made to sound more alluring than freedom of speech."


"All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting."


"I refuse to spend my life worrying about what I eat. There is no pleasure worth forgoing just for an extra three years in the geriatric ward."
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