Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

    For this present, hard
    Is the fortune of the bard,
    Born out of time;
    All his accomplishment,
    From Nature’s utmost treasure spent,
    Booteth not him.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    A fool, A fool! I met a fool i’ the forest,
    A motley fool. A miserable world!
    As I do live by food, I met a fool,
    Who laid him down and basked him in the sun,
    And railed on Lady Fortune in good terms,
    In good set terms, and yet a motley fool.
    William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

    Errors look so very ugly in persons of small means—one feels they are taking quite a liberty in going astray; whereas people of fortune may naturally indulge in a few delinquencies.
    George Eliot [Mary Ann (or Marian)