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Before you leave, the fortune teller reminds you that the future is never set in stone.

Behind every successful fortune;There is Crime.

Blind fortune pursues inconsiderate rashness. [Fr., Fortune aveugle suit aveugle hardiesse.]

By going solo I could lose a fortune but money is not important.

But Fortune, who never forgets her duty, turns her wheel suddenly.

Care clings to wealth: the thirst for more Grows as our fortunes grow.

Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.

Covetousness, like a candle ill made, smothers the splendor of a happy fortune in its own grease.

Custom is the great leveller. It corrects the inequality of fortune by lessening equally the pleasures of the prince and the pains of the peasant.

Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.

Disruption is about risk-taking. But then you become a Fortune 500 company, which is about risk mitigation

Each one must do his part if we wish to show that the nation is worthy of its good fortune.

Beware of too much good staying in your hand. It will fast corrupt and worm worms. Pay it away quickly in some sort.

Catastrophe was only narrowly averted. It was all due to the faith of one man! Yes, you who called us godless, we found our faith in Adolf Hitler, and through him found God once again. That is the greatness of our day, that is our good fortune!

Chorus of women: [...] Oh! my good, gallant Lysistrata, and all my friends, be ever like a bundle of nettles; never let you anger slacken; the wind of fortune blown our way.

Common sense among men of fortune is rare.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.

Every man is the artisan of his own fortune.

Every person - with his or her own skills, abilities and uniqueness - can contribute to others and bring great joy to those that fortune has not smiled upon.

Every man is the maker of his own fortune

Fame and fortune, how empty they can be.

Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.

Fame an fortune are nothing if you're not happy and healthy.

Fear of the future is worse than one's present fortune.

Contentment travels rarely with fortune, but follows virtue even in misfortune.

Every woman is the architect of her own fortune.

Expect the Best, Expect Divine Guidance, Expect your Fortunes to Change, Expect a Miracle!

Foolish indeed are those who trust to fortune.

Fact be vertuous, or vicious, as Fortune pleaseth

Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy

Fickle Fortune reigns, and, undiscerning, scatters crowns and chains.

Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.

For not many men, the proverb saith, can love a friend whom fortune prospereth unenvying.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

Fortune and love favour the brave. [Lat., Audentem Forsque Venusque juvant.]

Fortune favors the well-prepared.

Fortune, by being too lavish of her favours on a man, only makes a fool of him.

Fortune dreads the brave, and is only terrible to the coward.

Fortune gives many too much, but none enough.

Fortune had favoured me in this war that I feared, the rather, that some tempest would follow so favourable a gale.

Fortune has rarely condescended to be the companion of genius.

Fortune is like glass; she breaks when she is brightest.

Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.

Fortune is a great deceiver. She sells very dear the things she seems to give us.

Fortune is for all, judgment is theirs who have won it for themselves.

Fortune is like glass - the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.

Fortune is painted blind, with a muffler afore her eyes, to signify to you that Fortune is blind.

Fortune makes many loans, but gives no presents.