#fortune

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

#directed #greatest #highest #his #interests

At MIT, I had the good fortune for seven years to teach network theory, which is basic to many disciplines, to one-third of the undergraduate student body. It was an experiment to see how high we could bring their level of understanding, and it exceeded all of my expectations. ↗

— Amar Bose

#body #bring #could #disciplines #exceeded

That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke. ↗

— Mike Tyson

#broke #doing #equals #fame #fool

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ↗

— Euripides

#gain #ignorance #misfortunes

Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment. ↗

— Euripides

#good #good judgment #helps #judgment #those

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend? ↗

— Euripides

#misfortune #remains #which

No one is truly free, they are a slave to wealth, fortune, the law, or other people restraining them from acting according to their will. ↗

— Euripides

#acting #fortune #free #law #other

The songs certainly have not made my fortune, but I am still grateful for the royalties when they come in. ↗

— Sydney Carter

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Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#best #brought #diligence #fortune #goal

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. ↗

— Chanakya

#difficulty #discharge #duty #friend #his