#fortune

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. ↗

— William McFee

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Whatever fortune brings, don't be afraid of doing things. ↗

— Herman Melville

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From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune. ↗

— Tecumseh

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Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. ↗

— Ovid

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When you work for Bruckheimer, you don't get it any better. He's the ultimate producer. I've had the good fortune of working with some great producers over the years. ↗

— Joe Pantoliano

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The weather and my mood have little connection. I have my foggy and my fine days within me; my prosperity or misfortune has little to do with the matter. ↗

— Blaise Pascal

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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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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience. ↗

— Laurence J. Peter

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It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other. ↗

— Petrarch

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