Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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Man loves malice, but not against one-eyed men nor the unfortunate, but against the fortunate and proud.
MartialMartial Gifts are like fish-hooks; for who is not aware that the greedy char is deceived by the fly which he swallows?
MartialMartial It is as good as second life to be able to look back upon our past life with pleasure.
MartialMartial Some things are good, some middling, more bad.
MartialMartial It is not, believe me, the act of a wise man to say, “I will live.” To-morrow’s life is too late; live to-day.
MartialMartial To the ashes of the dead glory comes too late.
MartialMartial Glory comes too late when we are nought but ashes.
MartialMartial You’ll get no laurel crown for outrunning a burrow.
MartialMartial The shameless Chloe placed on the tombs of her seven husbands the inscription, “The work of Chloe.” How could she have expressed herself more plainly?
MartialMartial Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
MartialMartial There is no living with thee, nor without thee.
MartialMartial The present joys of life we doubly taste, By looking back with pleasure to the past.
MartialMartial Wine and women bring misery.
MartialMartial He who prefers to give Linus the half of what he wishes to borrow, rather than to lend him the whole, prefers to lose only the half.
MartialMartial Be not too thick with anybody; your joys will be fewer, and so will pains.
MartialMartial Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.
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Since you are gone, I collect the stars each night building my own night sky, so I have something to hold onto forever.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette Can anybody hear me? Are my words going to waste I need to believe there was a purpose to all the pain?
Allie MillerAllie Miller The universe hears what you say, but it knows what you mean.
Brianna PastorBrianna Pastor Enough of this. The next one I love will return my passion.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor It’s unconditional; their chemistry is unconditional – forever.
Ophelia ScarlettOphelia Scarlett I love you so much that it hurts and that’s the problem I love you so much that it hurts.
Olivia CliffordOlivia Clifford Let’s always bloom, savor and delight others with our beauty.
Mariya FedulovaMariya Fedulova Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
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More on fortune
Fortune, thou hadst no deity, if men Had wisdom.
Ben JonsonBen Jonson There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
Baron de MontesquieuBaron de Montesquieu Fortune has played me a sad trick by letting me live on and on.
Belle BoydBelle Boyd Make sure the fortune that you seek is the fortune that you need.
Ben HarperBen Harper My standard answer is that I have the same struggle as any working parent but with the good fortune to be working at my dream job. Or sometimes I just hand them a juicy red apple I’ve poisoned in my working-mother witch cauldron and fly away.
Tina FeyTina Fey The world is alive and no living thing has any remedy. That is our fortune.
Roberto BolanoRoberto Bolano What I love more than anything is Jerry Goldsmith’s 80’s music and Bernard Herrmann’s genre music from the 50’s and 60’s.
Bear McCrearyBear McCreary The fortunes of the African revolution are closely linked with the world-wide struggle against imperialism. It does not matter where the battle erupts, be it in Africa, Asia or Latin America, the master-mind and master-hand at work are the same.
Kwame NkrumahKwame Nkrumah