#fortune

All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and you don't win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold. ↗

— Anita Brookner

#being #bold #favor #fortune #gift

To paraphrase Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that a married man in possession of a vast fortune must be in want of a newer, younger wife. ↗

— Bruce Feirstein

#austen #fortune #jane #jane austen #man

I made a small fortune. I made a lot of money and I made a lot of other people wealthy. ↗

— Jim Cramer

#i #lot #made #money #other

The most accurate representation of how I feel is that I'm incredibly lucky to be working in this structure where people get paid millions to read the news on TV. And, yes, it is insane. And there is nothing I can say beyond acknowledging my immense good fortune, and being aware that I'm blessed, and aware that it isn't going to last forever. ↗

— Tom Hanks

#acknowledging #aware #being #beyond #blessed

There are many facts showing that Putin's people enriched themselves by using power mechanisms so that's why for them losing power means losing their fortunes. ↗

— Garry Kasparov

#facts #fortunes #losing #many #means

I believe that the confidence of Hungary in me is not shaken by misfortune nor broken by my calumniators. ↗

— Lajos Kossuth

#broken #confidence #hungary #i #i believe

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. ↗

— Thucydides

#brilliant #charge #expect #frequently #men

What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class. ↗

— Alexis de Tocqueville

#democracy #exist #form #fortunes #great

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. ↗

— Charles V

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

— Vincent Voiture

#deceiver #fortune #give #great #seems