Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“Hard is his lot, that here by Fortune plac’d,
Must watch the wild Vicissitudes of Taste;”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“When the philosophers despised riches, it was because they had a mind to vindicate their own merit, and take revenge upon the injustice of fortune by vilifying those enjoyments which she had not given them.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)