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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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"The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied."
"Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous."
"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."
"I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own."
"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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"The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon."
"When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative."
"Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; adversity not without many comforts and hopes."
"Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
"But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on."
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