Fortune

Famous quotes containing the word fortune:

“You can marry Lorraine, my fortune will be restored to her, and you can live contentedly together ever after. Now that’s a proper ending to a story, isn’t it?”
—Garrett Fort (1900–1945)

“All good fortune is a gift of the gods, and ... you don’t win the favor of the ancient gods by being good, but by being bold.”
—Anita Brookner (b. 1938)

“Allow me, whom Fortune always desires to bury, lay down my life in these final trivialities. Many have freely died in longlasting loves, among whose number may the earth cover me as well.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)