Famous quotes containing the word fortune:
“There was ... a large, shaggy dog, whose nose, report said, was full of porcupine quills. I can testify that he looked very sober. This is the usual fortune of pioneer dogs, for they have to face the brunt of the battle for their race.... When a generation or two have used up all their enemies’ darts, their successors lead a comparatively easy life. We owe to our fathers analogous blessings.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Oh my God! There’s a fortune teller in Malibu.”
—Blake Edwards (b. 1922)
“Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.”
—Titus Livius (Livy)
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