#fortune

I never admire another's fortune so much that I became dissatisfied with my own. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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What good fortune for governments that the people do not think. ↗

— Adolf Hitler

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This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#incapable #misfortune #solitude

I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away. ↗

— Amanda Burton

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

— Luc de Clapiers

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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

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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

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Do not quit! Hundreds of times I have watched people throw in the towel at the one-yard line while someone else comes along and makes a fortune by just going that extra yard. ↗

— E. Joseph Cossman

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It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master. ↗

— James F. Cooper

#borne #engine #excellent #fire #formidable

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