- Quotes by Sophocies
“Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted. Fortune raises up and fortune brings low both the man fares well and the man who fares badly; and thee is no prophet of the future for mortal men”. - Quotes by William Shakespeare
“III blows the wind that profits nobody. One writ with me in sour misfortune’s book! Not the ill wind which blows man no good. Let us sit and mock the good housewife Fortune from her wheel, that her gifts may hence-forth be bestowed equally. Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything”. - Quotes by Seneca
“Everything may happen”. - Quotes by Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld
“We are all strong enough to bear themisfortune of others. We are sensitive to good or ill fortune only in proportion to our self-love”.
- Quotes by E Annie Prouix
“He got into the habit of walking around the trailer and asking aloud, “Who knows?” He said “Who knows?” For no one knew. He meant, anything could happen. A spinning coin, still balanced on its rim, may fall in either direction”. - Quotes by Sir Karl Raimund Popper
“We may become the makers of our fate when we have ceased to pose as its prophets”. - Quotes by Alexander Pope
“Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate”. - Quotes by Joyce Carol Oates
“The worst cynicism; a belief in luck”.
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