#fortune

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#endow #evil #fortune #great #greatest

From these inconsiderable attempts, some idea may be formed with what success, should Fortune afford an opportunity, I am likely to treat matters of greater importance. ↗

— Giraldus Cambrensis

#am #attempts #formed #fortune #greater

When I was young, it wasn't about the money, it wasn't about the fame and fortune, it was about playing football. ↗

— Victor Cruz

#fame #football #fortune #i #money

As it is my good fortune to be American, I live in the only country that as a matter of policy is pro-Israel regardless of party allegiance; Democrats and Republicans equally unite behind the blue-and-white. ↗

— Elizabeth Wurtzel

#american #behind #country #democrats #equally

Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue. ↗

— Anatole France

#good #good fortune #innocence #most #often

I feel like a hostage to fortune. Not that I am complaining. I wanted to play the role. But in truth I didn't think the show would be such a success. OK, I thought it would fail. Not because it was bad. I was confident it was good, but plenty of good things just sort of wither on the vine. ↗

— Hugh Laurie

#bad #because #complaining #confident #fail

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#cannot #country #despite #destroyed #fate

Gambling is part of the human condition. I love it. I have the best time gambling. I've been winning fortunes, and I've been losing them. ↗

— Jerry Lewis

#best #best time #condition #fortunes #gambling

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. ↗

— Titus Livius

#does #fortune #her #men #she

We cannot attribute to fortune or virtue that which is achieved without either. ↗

— Niccolo Machiavelli

#attribute #cannot #either #fortune #virtue