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Fortune Quotes - Page 17

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny.

Aeschylus, Sophocles, Eurípides, Aristophanes, Menander (of Athens.) (1938). “The complete Greek drama: all the extant tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the comedies of Aristophanes and Menander, in a variety of translations”

It has been suggested that an account of my life and fortunes would not be uninteresting to the public.

Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Solomon Northup, Olaudah Equiano (2016). “Slave Narratives Compilation: Twelve Years A Slave, My Bondage and My Freedom, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Narrative of Sojourner Truth: A Northern Slave”, p.330, ShandonPress

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.

Simon Armitage (2011). “The Death of King Arthur”, p.62, Faber & Faber

And the brave make their own fortune!

Sherry Thomas (2015). “The Immortal Heights”, p.14, NLA Digital LLC

I've never had good fortune with sequels. Everyone says this time is going to be better. And then I've done them and they've just been not - they weren't better.

"QA: Melissa McCarthy sucks a peanut out of Sandra Bullock's nose in 'The Heat'". Interview with Ashley Dvorkin, www.foxnews.com. June 27, 2013.

I've had the pretty good fortune of working with some decent guys and gals.

Interview with Sean O'Neal, film.avclub.com. October 1, 2010.