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    Just for a handful of silver he left us,
    Just for a ribbon to stick in his coat;
    Found the one gift of which Fortune bereft us,
    Lost all the others she lets us devote.

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That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

That which the fountain sends forth returns again to the fountain.

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It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
[Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
[Ger., Das Gluck erhebe billig der Begluckte.]

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To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.

To be fortunate is God, and more than God to mortals.

by Aeschylus Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune read more

Happiness consists more in the small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave.

by James Russell Lowell Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long read more

Fortunes made in no time are like shirts made in no time; it's ten to one if they hang long together.

by Douglas Jerrold Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

Many things happen between the cup and the upper lip.
[Lat., Multa intersunt calicem et labrum summum.]

by Aulus Gellius Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
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Any one who is prosperous may by the turn of fortune's wheel
become most wretched before evening.
[Lat., Quivis beatus, versa rota fortunae, ante vesperum potest
esse miserrimus.]

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Fortune and love favor the brave.

Fortune and love favor the brave.

by Ovid Found in: Fortune Quotes,
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