#fortune

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

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Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us. ↗

— Vincent Voiture

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Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us. ↗

— Voltaire

#greater #harm #i #know #life

But no, I'm not political. My obligation is to pull the lever and elect somebody who's going to make life a little better for everybody, especially those who don't have as much good fortune as others. ↗

— Mark Wahlberg

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Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation. ↗

— Mo Yan

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Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences. ↗

— Walt Alston

#consequences #forget #look #misfortune #panic

Every man is architect of his own fortune. ↗

— Appius Claudius Caecus

#fortune #inspirational-quotes #success #inspirational

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#aid #ambitious #contribute #fortunes #his

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

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At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. ↗

— Amar Bose

#body #bring #could #disciplines #exceeded