“In democratic countries, however opulent a man is supposed to be, he is almost always discontented with his fortune, because he finds that he is less rich than his father was, and he fears that his sons will be less rich than himself.” MenCountryFatherRichSonFortuneDemocraticSupposed To BeDemocratic Country Book:Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II Source: Democracy in America: The Complete and Unabridged Volumes I and II
“We could almost believe that we are destined by Providence to an unsettled position on the globe, so invariably is a love of change implanted in the young. It seems as if the eternal Lawgiver intended that, at a certain age, man should leave father, mother, and the dwelling of his infancy, to seek his fortunes over the wide world.” IfsMenWorldShouldBelieveSeemsAgeYoungMotherCertainFatherPositionEternalFortuneWideProvidenceGlobesDestinedDwellingInfancyFather Mother Book:Lodore Source: Lodore
“When young Mark Robarts was leaving college, his father might well declare that all men began to say all good things to him, and to extol his fortune in that he had a son blessed with so excellent a disposition.” MenWellsBookMightYoungFatherCollegeSonMarkBlessedGood ThingsFortuneLeavingExcellentDisposition Book:Framley Parsonage: A Novel Source: Framley Parsonage: A Novel
“I've had the good fortune to read a lot of great American writers in translation, and my absolute beloved, for me one of the greatest writers ever, is Mark Twain. Yes, yes, yes. And Whitman, from whom the whole of 20th-century poetry sprung up. Whitman was the origin of things, someone with a completely different outlook. But I think that he's the father of the new wave in the world's poetry which to this very day is hitting the shore.” ThinkingWorldDifferentWholeFatherCenturyMarkAbsolutesFortuneWaveBelovedShoreHitting20th CenturyOutlookTranslationsGood FortuneGreat AmericanSprungAmerican WriterSprung Up Author:Wislawa Szymborska
“The result was magnificent . . . I became the father of two girls and two boys, lovely children by good fortune they all look like my wife.” LooksChildrenTwoGirlFatherResultsBoysWifeFortuneMy WifeLovelyMagnificentGood Fortune Author:Arthur Rubinstein