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Small: That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doin
Mike Tyson
"That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke"
Mike Tyson, Athlete
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Small: If a mans fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story if too large it trips him up, if too smal
Horace
"If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up, if too small it pinches him"
Horace, Poet
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Small: Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much
Horace
"Fortune makes a fool of those she favors too much"
Horace, Poet
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Small: A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose
Horace
"A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them"
Horace, Poet
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Small: A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune
Horace
"A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune"
Horace, Poet
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Small: The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or
Jonathan Swift
"The power of fortune is confessed only by the miserable, for the happy impute all their success to prudence or merit"
Jonathan Swift, Writer
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Small: My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altoge
Nathaniel Hawthorne
"My fortune somewhat resembled that of a person who should entertain an idea of committing suicide, and, altogether beyond his hopes, meet with the good hap to be murdered"
Nathaniel Hawthorne, Novelist
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Small: Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave
"Fortune is the rod of the weak, and the staff of the brave"
James Russell Lowell, Poet
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Small: Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune
Owen Glendower
"Dread lord and cousin, may the almighty preserve your reverence and lordship in long life and good fortune"
Owen Glendower, Royalty
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Small: If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency ste
David Ogilvy
"If you ever have the good fortune to create a great advertising campaign, you will soon see another agency steal it. This is irritating, but don't let it worry you; nobody has ever built a brand by imitating somebody else's advertising"
David Ogilvy, Businessman
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Small: Action makes more fortune than caution
"Action makes more fortune than caution"
Charlotte Whitton, Politician
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Small: Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires
"Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders"
Baltasar Gracian, Philosopher
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Small: When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they w
Billie Jean King
"When they take surveys of women in business, of the Fortune 500, the successful women, 80% of them, say they were in sports as a young woman"
Billie Jean King, Athlete
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Small: An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding
Robert Louis Stevenson
"An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding"
Robert Louis Stevenson, Writer
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Small: The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically h
J. Paul Getty
"The man who comes up with a means for doing or producing almost anything better, faster or more economically has his future and his fortune at his fingertips"
J. Paul Getty, Businessman
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Small: There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune
J. Paul Getty
"There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune"
J. Paul Getty, Businessman
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Small: The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - whi
Camille Paglia
"The moment is ripe for an experienced businessman to talk practical, prudent economics to the electorate - which is why Mitt Romney's political fortunes are steadily being resurrected from the grave"
Camille Paglia, Author
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Small: It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains t
"It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other"
Petrarch, Poet
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Small: How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!
"How fortune brings to earth the over-sure!"
Petrarch, Poet
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Small: As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but t
Sallust
"As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay"
Sallust, Historian
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Small: There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life but when she does not find him rea
"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"
Charles de Montesquieu, Philosopher
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Small: Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune
Walt Whitman
"Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune"
Walt Whitman, Poet
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Small: Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes
Napoleon Hill
"Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes"
Napoleon Hill, Writer
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Small: Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune
Cleobulus
"Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune"
Cleobulus, Poet
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Small: Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of
Miguel de Cervantes
"Diligence is the mother of good fortune, and idleness, its opposite, never brought a man to the goal of any of his best wishes"
Miguel de Cervantes, Novelist
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Small: We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thoug
Jean de La Fontaine
"We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give"
Jean de La Fontaine, Poet
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Small: Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience
"Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience"
Laurence J. Peter, Writer
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Small: Then all the foreigners started coming over. I dont mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for o
"Then all the foreigners started coming over. I don't mind that but a lot of teams are laying out fortunes for ordinary players and that's no good for our youngsters coming through"
Paul Gascoigne, Athlete
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Small: If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out o
"If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong"
Bernard Baruch, Businessman
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Small: Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter wher
Ayn Rand
"Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no matter where he started"
Ayn Rand, Writer
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Small: Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue
"Innocence most often is a good fortune and not a virtue"
Anatole France, Novelist
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Small: The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some
Sarah McLachlan
"The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some"
Sarah McLachlan, Musician
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Small: The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indee
"The responsibilities which are imposed by rank and privilege and good fortune can... become very onerous indeed"
Robert Welch
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Small: The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe
"The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe"
Torquato Tasso, Poet
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Small: It is the fortunate who should extol fortune
"It is the fortunate who should extol fortune"
Torquato Tasso, Poet
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Small: We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune
"We always take credit for the good and attribute the bad to fortune"
Charles Kuralt, Journalist
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Small: Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another
"Slavery, properly so called, is the establishment of a right which gives to one man such a power over another as renders him absolute master of his life and fortune"
Charles de Secondat, Philosopher
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Small: The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to t
"The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes"
Jean de la Bruyere, Philosopher
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Small: What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans
James Madison
"What prudent merchant will hazard his fortunes in any new branch of commerce when he knows not that his plans may be rendered unlawful before they can be executed?"
James Madison, President
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Small: I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character
Plautus
"I would rather be adorned by beauty of character than jewels. Jewels are the gift of fortune, while character comes from within"
Plautus, Playwright
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