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It is madness to make fortune the mistress of events, because by h

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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He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear. – John Dryden

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Go miser go, for money sell your soul. Trade wares for wares and trudge from pole to pole, So others may say when you are dead and gone. See what a vast estate he left his son. – John Dryden

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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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There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune. – Proverb

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When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth – Proverb

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Ones best fortune, or, their worst is their spouse. – Proverb

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