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Quotation with: "fortune"
"Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to
his own work, may direct his gaze. Behold an equal thing, worthy
of a God, a brave man matched in conflict with evil fortune.
[Lat., Ecce spectaculum dignum, ad quod respiciat intentus operi
suo Deus. Ecce par Deo dignum, vir fortis cum mala fortuna
compositus.]"
Author: Seneca (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)
About: Adversity
"Let us not say, every man is the architect of his own fortune; but let us say, every man is the architect of his own character."
Author: George D. Boardman
About: Advice Experience Wisdom
"The Charger and the Miller
A charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, Ah! Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle. Forbear, said the Miller to him, harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune."
Author: Aesop
About: Aesop Fables
"If at great things thou would'st arrive,
Get riches first, get wealth, and treasure heap,
Not difficult, if thou hearken to me;
Riches are mine, fortune is in my hand,
They whom I favor thrive in wealth amain,
While virtue, valor, wisdom, sit in want."
Author: John Milton
About: Ambition
"A slave has but one master. An ambitious man has as many as there are people who helped him get his fortune."
Author: Jean de la Bruyere
About: Ambition
"I had no ambition to make a fortune. Mere money-making has never been my goal, I had an ambition to build."
Author: John D. Rockefeller
About: Ambition
"Fortune befriends the bold."
Author: John Dryden
About: Boldness
"Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid."
Author: Latin Proverb
About: Boldness
"Fortune favours the bold."
Author: Virgil
About: Boldness
"Fortune and love favour the brave.
[Lat., Audentum Forsque Venusque juvant.]"
Author: Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso)
About: Bravery
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