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"Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders."
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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
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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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"Refrain from asking what going to happen tomorrow, and everyday that fortune grants you, count as gain."
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"We do not know what is really good or bad fortune."
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"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much."
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"I'm as lucky as a bed of oysters on cioppino night."
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"The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune."
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"Fortune is a goddess that reveals herself only to people who seek her."
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"Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible."
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"Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall."
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"He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything."
God
"Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance."
Knowledge
"A bad manner spoils everything, even reason and justice; a good one supplies everything, gilds a No, sweetens a truth, and adds a touch of beauty to old age itself."
Age
"Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders."
Fortune
"Respect yourself if you would have others respect you."
Respect
"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."
Worth
"When desire dies, fear is born."
Fear
"Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself."
Power
"True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing."
Friendship
"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."
Chance
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