Fortune helps the brave.
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More from Terence
We should look at the lives of all as at a mirror, and take from others an example for ourselves.
TerenceTerence Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.
TerenceTerence Their silence is enough praise.
TerenceTerence In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.
TerenceTerence The less my hope, the hotter my love.
TerenceTerence They are so knowing, that they know nothing.
TerenceTerence Of my friends I am the only one left.
TerenceTerence You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.
TerenceTerence Charity begins at home.
TerenceTerence It is the common vice of all, in old age, to be too intent upon our interests.
TerenceTerence I am a human being, so nothing human is strange to me.
TerenceTerence She never was really charming till she died.
TerenceTerence We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
TerenceTerence How many things both just and unjust are sanctioned by custom?
TerenceTerence While the mind is in doubt, it is driven this way and that by a slight impulse.
TerenceTerence It behooves a prudent person to make trial of everything before arms.
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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More on fortune
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LivyLivy Fortune does favor the bold and you’ll never know what you’re capable of if you don’t try.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy
BoethiusBoethius Don’t let your fears overwhelm your desire. Let the barriers you face-and there will be barriers-be external, not internal. Fortune does favor the bold, and I promise that you will never know what you’re capable of unless you try.
Sheryl SandbergSheryl Sandberg Let fortune do her worst, whatever she makes us lose, so long as she never makes us lose our honesty and our independence.
Alexander PopeAlexander Pope The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.
HerodotusHerodotus Tis not for us to warn a wilful sinner; We stay him not, but let him run his course, Till by misfortunes rous’d, his conscience wakes, And prompts him to appease th’ offended gods.
AristophanesAristophanes What’s infamy matter if you keep your fortune?
JuvenalJuvenal