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The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ↗

— Christopher Morley

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The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. ↗

— William Penn

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Through our great good fortune, in our youth our hearts were touched with fire. It was given to us to learn at the outset that life is a profound and passionate thing. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove. ↗

— P.G. Wodehouse

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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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The fortune which nobody sees makes a person happy and unenvied. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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One lapse of judgment can cost and talent isn't everything. A huge slice of good fortune in needed to make it to the top, and without that element of luck, you've no chance. ↗

— John Barrow

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Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

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