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Quote by Francis Bacon
Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fort

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible. – Francis Bacon

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. – Francis Bacon

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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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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. – Epicurus

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

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

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