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Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
Industry, perseverance, and frugality make fortune yield.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
To refuse graciously is to confer a favor.
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can read more
I have always believed, and I still believe, that whatever good or bad fortune may come our way we can always give it meaning and transform it into something of value.
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius read more
You carry Caesar and Caesar's fortune.
[Lat., Caesarem vehis, Caesarisque fortunam.]
- Julius Caesar (Caius Julius Caesar),
To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend read more
To attract good fortune, spend a new penny on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse read more
No free man will ask as favor, what he can not claim as reward.
[Lat., Neutiquam officium liberi esse hominis puto
Cum is nihil promereat, postulare id gratiae apponi sibi.]
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Fortune is ever seen accompanying industry.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
Behind every great fortune there is a crime.
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom.
[Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
To accept a favor is to sell one's freedom.
[Lat., Beneficium accipere, libertatem est vendere.]
