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Destiny has
two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by
fulfilling them.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher,
Poet, Critic
Everything
that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
-- Marcus Aurelius
121-80 AD, Roman Emperor,
Philosopher
Whatever the
universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the
good of that man at that time.
-- Marcus Aurelius
121-80 AD, Roman Emperor,
Philosopher
Fortune is
like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a
little, the price will fall.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British
Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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Ill Fortune
never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British
Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
Fate is not an
eagle, it creeps like a rat.
-- Elizabeth Bowen
1899-1973, Anglo-Irish
Novelist
Chance happens
to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
-- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
1803-1873, British Novelist,
Poet
There is but
one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to
conquer our fate.
-- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
1803-1873, British Novelist,
Poet
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