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William Shakespeare on Fortune

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“And rail'd on Lady Fortune in good terms.”

William Shakespeare

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“A good man's fortune may grow out at heels.”

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“O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle.”

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“Fortune brings in some boats, that are not steer'd.”

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“Fortune is merry, And in this mood will give us anything.”

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“Fortune, that arrant whore, Ne'er turns the key to the poor.”

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“Fortune knows, We scorn her most, when most she offers blows.”

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“That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please.”

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“When Fortune means to men most good, She looks upon them with a threatening eye.”

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“How some men creep in skittish Fortune's hall, While others play the idiots in her eyes!”

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“The great man down, you mark his favorite flies, The poor advanced makes friends of enemies.”

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“Will Fortune never come with both hands full, But write her fair words still in foulest letters? She either gives a stomach, and no food; Such are the poor, in health: or else a feast, And takes away the stomach; such are the rich, That have abundance, and enjoy it not.”

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“Know thus far forth: By accident most strange, bountiful Fortune — Now my dear lady — hath mine enemies Brought to this shore; and by my prescience I find my zenith doth depend upon A most auspicious star, whose influence If now I court not, but omit, my fortunes Will ever after droop.”

William Shakespeare

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