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Petrarch

"It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other."

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"It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other."

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

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"The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune."

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"The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips."

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"Accidental wisdom is better than willful folly."

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"Some donkeys have amazing luck."

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

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"One is never fortunate or as unfortunate as one imagines."

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"When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically."

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

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"Love is the crowning grace of humanity."
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"Sameness is the mother of disgust, variety the cure."
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"To begin with myself, then, the utterances of men concerning me will differ widely, since in passing judgment almost every one is influenced not so much by truth as by preference, and good and evil report alike know no bounds."
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"There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen."
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