#fortune

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude. ↗

— Giacomo Casanova

#been #fortune #friends #give #good

There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#inconstancy #nothing #subject #war

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to. ↗

— Paul Valery

#brake #great #kind #man #mask

If a man cannot understand the beauty of life, it is probably because life never understood the beauty in him. ↗

— Criss Jami

#beauty #confusion #depression #discern #discernment

It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. ↗

— John Dryden

#events #fortune #herself #madness #make

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. ↗

— Virgil

#help #i #learn #misfortune #myself

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#foreheads #fortune #give #luxury #read

Fortune favours the bold. ↗

— Virgil

#favours #fortune

You don't make a fortune doing cartoons. It's a lot of fun, it keeps you busy, and it's better than a kick in the pants, absolutely. But doing voiceover work doesn't make you rich. It just doesn't. ↗

— Patrick Warburton

#better #busy #cartoons #doing #fortune

If I wasn't an actress I would run a fortune 500 company. ↗

— Sela Ward

#company #fortune #i #run #would