Fortune Quotes - Page 11
Fortune's wheel never stands still the highest point is therefore the most perilous.
Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth (1825). “Works”, p.20
"Epistles", V. 12, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 93-96,
Mahatma Gandhi (1929). “Young India”
Katherine Boo (2012). “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum”, p.13, Portobello Books
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.
Jonathan Swift, “Verses On The Death Of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.”
John Ray, John Belfour (1813). “A complete collection of English proverbs: also, the most celebrated proverbs of the Scotch, Italian, French, Spanish, and other languages”, p.98
"A Complete Collection of English Proverbs".
John Dryden (1854). “Poetical Works”, p.143
John Dryden (1808). “The Works of John Dryden: Now First Collected in Eighteen Volumes. Illustrated with Notes, Historical, Critical, and Explanatory, and a Life of the Author”, p.249
Izzeldin Abuelaish (2011). “I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity”, p.42, Bloomsbury Publishing
You fellows ever thought of hiring out as a Christmas lights crew? You’d make a fortune.
Ilona Andrews (2009). “Magic Strikes”, p.17, Penguin
To make a fortune some assistance from fate is essential. Ability alone is insufficient.
Saikaku Ihara (1959). “The Japanese Family Storehouse: Or, The Millionaire's Gospel Modernised. Nippon Eitai-gura, Or Daifuku Shin Chōja Kyō (1688)”, Cambridge University Press
