Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“Will Fortune never come with both hands full,
But write her fair words still in foulest terms?”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“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)

“Good fortune then!
To make me blest or cursed’st among men.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)