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Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too inte

Fortune has something of the nature of a woman. If she is too intensely wooed, she commonly goes the further away. – Charles V

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I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. – Charles V

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It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within ones own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled. – Buddha

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Speedy exception is the mother of good fortune. – Proverb

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The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. – Aesop

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It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by herself she is nothing and is ruled by prudence. – John Dryden

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