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He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.


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ANITA BROOKNER fortes fortuna adiuvat," Marcello had said to his men. Fortune favors the brave, the bold.
LISA TAWN BERGREN The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his pla...
HERODOTUS A Buddha is someone who finds freedom in good fortune and bad.
BODHIDHARMA Fortune favours the bold.
DAVID TUVILL Fortune befriends the bold.
JOHN DRYDEN Fortune favours the bold.
VIRGIL Fortune befriends the bold.
EMILY DICKINSON Fortune favors the bold.
VIRGIL Fortune favours the bold
VIRGIL She didn't gain fame or fortune, she helped the little guy get ahead just for the sake of doing it.
CHAD JACKSON Happy is the man who finds a true friend, and far happier is he who finds that true friend in his wi...
FRANZ SCHUBERT God did not create woman from man's head, that he should command her, nor from his feet, that she sh...
HEBREW PROVERB We should favor young immigrants with many years of work ahead of them. We should favor immigrants w...
JAN C. TING His comments during his confirmation hearing and his record indicate that he is not someone who woul...
CLAIRE MCCASKILL When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will sea...
BERTRAND RUSSELL When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will sea...
BERTRAND RUSSELL Love, like Fortune, favours the bold.
E.A. BUCCHIANERI He is the happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE The Venturer is one who keeps his eye on the hedgerows and wayside groves and meadows while he trave...
O. HENRY Fortune crowns the bold before the worthy
AGONA APELL He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
JOHANN VON GOETHE He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Fortune is always on the side of the big battalions
MARIE DE SEVIGNE Fortune is not on the side of the faint-hearted.
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JACK INSELMANN Fortune favors the bold, history tells us. Therefore, it behooves us to be as bold as possible.
ERIKA JOHANSEN Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
PROVERB Fortune favors the bold, but abandons the timid.
LATIN PROVERB One encounter dissatisfaction & failure when he gives up & never go for a fight to turn event in his...
DR ANIL KUMAR SINHA It is the fortunate who should extol fortune.
TORQUATO TASSO He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to h...
HERODOTUS Audaces fortuna iuvat (latin)- Fortune favors the bold.
VIRGIL On defense, he never let anyone around his side. He was a headache for opponents. No one ever wanted...
DICK SCHAFRATH It cannot be denied that outward accidents conduce much to fortune, favor, opportunity, death of oth...
FRANCIS BACON SR. Noble bold is an accident of fortune; noble actions characterize the great.
CARLO GOLDONI Fortune and love favor the brave.
OVID For one who relies on prejudices to vitalize his existence, freedom is but an illusion, because he i...
JONATHAN CHEN I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does n...
ROBERT BRAULT A fortune for one man that was more than he needed should not be built on ten thousand ruined men wh...
ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
LAO TZU One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.
LAO-TSE There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk “his life, his fo...
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN First it is necessary to stand on your own two feet. But the minute a man finds himself in that posi...
KRISTIN HUNTER Fortune always fights on the side of the prudent.
CRITIAS He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light
ARABIAN PROVERB He who sees the calamity of other people finds his own calamity light.
ARABIAN PROVERB Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
MATTHEW ARNOLD Resolve to be thyself: and know that he who finds himself, loses his misery.
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WALT DISNEY COMPANY Resolve to find thyself; and to know that he who finds himself, loses his misery
MATTHEW ARNOLD He wanted everyone to know she didn't go down without a fight. He said, 'Just so you all know, Kim w...
BRANDON HENDERSON It is more easy to get a favor from fortune than to keep it
PUBLILIUS SYRUS He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
SOURCE UNKNOWN He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.
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GEORGE ELIOT When a man finds this kind of woman, he will go all out for her knowing that she will not be a letdo...
JAACHYNMA N.E. AGU He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi...
JOHN AUBREY He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his readi...
ISAAC ASIMOV Only the man who does not need it, is fit to inherit wealth, the man who would make his fortune no m...
AYN RAND Happy is he who has laid up in his youth, and held fast in all fortune, a genuine and passionate lov...
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ORISON SWETT MARDEN The man who is born with a talent which he was meant to use finds his greatest happiness in using it...
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CAMILLO MAC BICA The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds
CLAUDE BERNARD Tavin cupped his hands to his mouth. “Here, dragon-dragon-dragon!” he yelled.
Lily stared i...
RICHARD DUE I want a dare devil, I want somebody who is bold when it comes to his feelings, who would walk on fi...
ROSA M. BETANCES Resolve to be thyself: and know, that he who finds himself, loses his misery. -Matthew Arnold.
MATTHEW ARNOLD Knowledge is the parent of knowledge. He who possesses most of the information of his age will not q...
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER This new-look side is HIS side, they are all HIS signings and as such, HE must take absolute respons...
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LEIGH BARDUGO He that conceals his grief finds no remedy for it
TURKISH PROVERB The controlled person is a powerful person. He who always keeps his head will get ahead.
NORMAN VINCENT PEALE We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what sh...
JEAN DE LA FONTAINE Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he i...
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JOSé ORTEGA Y GASSET He who does not know his way to the sea should take a river for his guide.
BLAISE PASCAL It’s not the smart that get ahead, but the bold.
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BALTASAR GRACIáN Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.
BALTASAR GRACIáN Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose.
BALTASAR GRACIáN It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to al...
BALTASAR GRACIÁN The king of Spain is a great potentate, who stands with one foot in the east and the other in the w...
JOHANN BALTASAR SCHUPPIUS (SCHUPPE)