Fortune Quotes - Page 13
Aeschylus (1965). “The Oresteia trilogy: (Agamemnon, Choephoroe [and] Eumenides) [and] Prometheus bound”
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
Abraham Lincoln (1982). “Abraham Lincoln, wisdom & wit”, Peter Pauper Pr
Who lets slip fortune, her shall never find: Occasion once past by, is bald behind.
Abraham Cowley (1967). “The Complete Works in Verse and Prose of Abraham Cowley”
William Shakespeare, Juliet Dusinberre (2006). “As You Like It: Third Series”, p.175, Cengage Learning EMEA
Victor Hugo (1994). “Les Miserables Volume One”, p.62, Wordsworth Editions
Look how men live, always precariously balanced between good and bad fortune.
David Grene, Sophocles (1959). “Sophocles”, [Chicago] : University of Chicago Press
Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). “Essays and English Traits by Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.305, Cosimo, Inc.
Marcus Aurelius, C. Scot Hicks, David Hicks (2002). “The Emperor's Handbook: A New Translation of The Meditations”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
The inequality of income and fortunes is essential in capitalism.
Ludwig Von Mises (1974). “Planning for freedom, and twelve other essays and addresses”
Ludwig von Mises (2016). “Socialism - An Economic and Sociological Analysis: The Economist”, p.342, VM eBooks
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon (1831). “Romance and Reality”, p.296
Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.344, Faber & Faber
George Stillman Hillard (1854). “Six Months in Italy”, p.223
