#fortune

It's very passe to think women want to spend a fortune on clothes. ↗

— Tory Burch

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It is commonly supposed that the art of pleasing is a wonderful aid in the pursuit of fortune; but the art of being bored is infinitely more successful. ↗

— Nicolas Chamfort

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Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world. ↗

— Stefan Zweig

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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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Make haste! The tide of Fortune soon ebbs. ↗

— Silius Italicus

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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. ↗

— William James

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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe. ↗

— Torquato Tasso

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Ill fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not. ↗

— Ben Jonson

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Fortunes are made, and disappear, over the lifetime of a single generation. Today, a person in essence takes his wealth from society just for the duration of his or her lifetime. The next generation has to create it anew. ↗

— Mikhail Khodorkovsky

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