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Cicero, De Amicitia

The shifts of Fortune test the reli…

17 May , 2024  

The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends. Great short quote and quotation by: Cicero, De Amicitia , Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC – 43 BC)

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The slave has but one master, the a…

17 May , 2024  

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as can help in making his fortune. Great short quote and quotation by: Jean De La Bruyere , French moralist (1645 – 1696)

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There are people who strictly depri…

3 May , 2016  

There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has […]

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William Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar", Act 4 scene 3

There is a tide in the affairs of m…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare, “Julius Caesar”, Act 4 scene 3 , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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Montesquieu

There is no one, says another, whom…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window. Great short quote and quotation by: Montesquieu ,

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To be a well-flavored man is the gi…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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Chateaubriand

What importance can we attach to th…

15 Feb , 2011  

What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that […]

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Sophocles

Who feels no ills, should, therefor…

15 Feb , 2011  

Who feels no ills, should, therefore, fear them; and when fortune smiles, be doubly cautious, lest destruction come remorseless on him, and he fall unpitied. Great short quote and quotation by: Sophocles , Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC – 406 BC)

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