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“The poorest of the sex have still an itch To know their fortunes, equal to the rich. The dairy-maid inquires, if she shall take The trusty tailor, and the cook forsake.”

Ifs Knows Stills Sex Rich Equal Fortune Curiosity Cooks Poorest Maids Forsake Dairy Tailors

Book:The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Containing the Original Poems, Tales, and Translations

Source: The Poetical Works of John Dryden, Containing the Original Poems, Tales, and Translations

“There are such beings in the world -- perhaps one in a thousand -- as the creature you and I should think perfection; where grace and spirit are united to worth, where the manners are equal to the heart and understanding; but such a person may not come in your way, or, if he does, he may not be the eldest son of a man of fortune, the near relation of your particular friend, and belonging to your own county.”

Source: Jane Austen's correspondence and letters: The complete and definitive edition

“What men usually say of misfortunes, that they never come alone, may with equal truth be said of good fortune; nay, of other circumstances which gather round us in a harmonious way, whether it arise from a kind of fatality, or that man has the power of attracting to himself things that are mutually related.”

Men Way Kind May Said Circumstances Truth Is Equal Fortune Rounds Arise Related Misfortunes Good Fortune Harmonious Me Alone Fatality

Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Hath fortune dealt thee ill cards? let wisdom make thee a good gamester. In a fair gale, every fool may sail, but wise behavior in a storm commends the wisdom of a pilot; to bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.”

Mind May Spirit Wise Fool Bears Equal Behavior Glory Fairs Adversity Brave Fortune Ill Storm Cards Thee Pilots Sail Gale

Author:Francis Quarles

“Emulation is grief arising from seeing one's self, exceeded or excelled by his concurrent, together with hope to equal or exceed him in time to come, by his own ability. But envy is the same grief joined with pleasure conceived in the imagination of some ill-fortune that may befall him.”

May Self Together Imagination Ability Pleasure Grief Seeing Equal Fortune Ill Envy Exceed Emulation

Book:The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic: Part I, Human Nature, Part II, De Corpore Politico ; with Three Lives

Source: The Elements of Law, Natural and Politic: Part I, Human Nature, Part II, De Corpore Politico ; with Three Lives

“Neither the gifts nor the blows of fortune equal those of nature.”

Equal Fortune Blow

Book:La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

Source: La Bruyère and Vauvenargues: Selections from the Characters, Reflexions and Maxims

“To love their country has been considered as virtue in men, whose love could not be otherwise than blind, because their preference was made without, a comparison; but it has never been my fortune to find, either in ancient or modern writers, any honourable mention of those, who have, with equal blindness, hated their country.”

Men Has Beens Made Country Virtue Modern Equal Blind Fortune Ancient Hated Comparison Blindness Preference

Book:The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Lives of the poets

“People tend to believe that good fortune consists of equal parts talent, hard work, and sheer luck. It's hard to deny the roles of the latter two. As to talent, I would only say it consists primarily in finding the right moment to step in.”

People Believe Two Hard Moments Steps Roles Talent Hard Work Equal Findings Luck Fortune Deny Latter Sheer Good Fortune Right Moment

Book:Chindi

Source: Chindi