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"A great mind becomes a great fortune."
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"The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless."
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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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"I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value."
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"Luck is a favorable thing out of an uncertainty. No such thing as luck when everything's certain."
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"Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you."
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"Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken."
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"Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down."
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"Luck is what a capricious man believes in."
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"Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune.""
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"People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed."
People
"While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind."
Friendship
"No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune."
Fortune
"Prudent people are very happy; 'tis an exceeding fine thing, that's certain, but I was born without it, and shall retain to my day of Death the Humour of saying what I think."
Death
"Solitude begets whimsies."
Society
"We are no more free agents than the queen of clubs when she victoriously takes prisoner the knave of hearts."
Society
"I hate the noise and hurry inseparable from great Estates and Titles, and look upon both as blessings that ought only to be given to fools, for 'Tis only to them that they are blessings."
Society
"We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic."
Circumstance
"The pretty fellows you speak of, I own entertain me sometimes, but is it impossible to be diverted with what one despises? I can laugh at a puppet show, at the same time I know there is nothing in it worth my attention or regard."
Time
"I don't say 'Tis impossible for an impudent man not to rise in the world, but a moderate merit with a large share of impudence is more probable to be advanced than the greatest qualifications without it."
Man
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