Fortune gives too much to many, enough to none.
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You’re obstinate, pliant, merry, morose, all at once. For me there’s no living with you, or without you.
MartialMartial Rarity gives a charm; so early fruits and winter roses are the most prized; and coyness sets off an extravagant mistress, while the door always open tempts no suitor.
MartialMartial 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.
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With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
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ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
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More on fortune
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
William FaulknerWilliam Faulkner The young people I meet want more freedom – to start firms, keep more of what they earn, and move to areas with opportunities without paying a fortune.
Liz TrussLiz Truss I had my father’s mind, but he had his mother’s mind. Fortunately, his mother lived with us and so I early realized that intellectual abilities of the kind I shared with my father and grandmother were not sex-linked.
Margaret MeadMargaret Mead It was my great good fortune, while I was still a student at college, to have possessed a copy of an English translation of his great work.
C. V. RamanC. V. Raman One of the sanest, surest, and most generous joys of life comes from being happy over the good fortune of others.
Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein Truly generous men are always ready to become sympathetic when their enemy’s misfortune surpasses the limits of their hatred.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
Michel de MontaigneMichel de Montaigne We are always in a hurry to be happy; for when we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune.
Alexandre DumasAlexandre Dumas