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Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
Fortune favors the brave.
[Lat., Fortes fortuna adjuvat.]
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
He confesses his guilt who flies from his trial.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
No fortune is so good but that you may find something to grumble
about.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
Perhaps the day may come when we shall remember these sufferings
with joy.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
That delay is our surest protection which enables us to
deliberate on the merits of our intentions.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
God has joined the innocent with the guilty.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
It will never come out of the flesh that's bred in the bone.
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
O, that men's ears should be
To counsel deaf, but not to flattery!
