#fortune

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ↗

— Christopher Morley

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The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave. ↗

— Camille Paglia

#businessman #economics #electorate #experienced #fortunes

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. ↗

— William Penn

#blasts #fortune #men #most #power

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. ↗

— Plato

#all things #bad #cleverness #evil #excessive

People that are conceited of their own merit take pride in being unfortunate, that themselves and others may think them considerable enough to be the envy and the mark of fortune. ↗

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

#conceited #considerable #enough #envy #fortune

Formal education will make you a living; self-education will make you a fortune. ↗

— Jim Rohn

#education #formal #formal education #fortune #living

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#carelessness #like #looks #lose #may

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

— Tory Burch

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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

#in-depth #into #misfortune #only #overview

When Elvis was performing, you just tried to figure out a way to get there. I think he set all the records and anyone that has ever had the good fortune to see him, you know what it's like to try to get in to see Elvis. It was impossible, practically. ↗

— Jackie DeShannon

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