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Seek not to know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows much more; if future fortunes were known before! ↗

— John Dryden

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No matter what your laundry list of requirements in choosing a mate, there has to be an element of good luck and good fortune and good timing. ↗

— Patty Duke

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If ignorance paid dividends, most Americans could make a fortune out of what they don't know about economics. ↗

— Luther H. Hodges

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Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous. ↗

— Maria Edgeworth

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A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past. ↗

— Bodhidharma

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For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy. ↗

— Boethius

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The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. ↗

— Epicurus

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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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Soon after, I returned home to my family, with a determination to bring them as soon as possible to live in Kentucky, which I esteemed a second paradise, at the risk of my life and fortune. ↗

— Daniel Boone

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