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“The mind is free, whate'er afflict the man, A King's a King, do Fortune what she can.”

Men Mind He Man Kings Fortune

Author:Michael Drayton

“Just as the good actor perform well whatever role the poet assigns, so too must the good man perform whatever Fortune assigns. For she, says Bion, just like a poet, sometimes assigns the leading role, sometimes that of the supporting role; sometimes that of a king, sometimes that of a beggar. Do not, therefore, being a supporting actor, desire the role of the lead.”

Men Wells Sometimes Desire Actors Roles Poet Kings Fortune Good Man Beggar Good Actors Supporting Roles Supporting Actors

Author:Bion of Borysthenes

“Myself--a prince by fortune of my birth, Near to the king in blood, and near in love Till you did make him misinterpret me-- Have stooped my neck under your injuries And sighed my English breath in foreign clouds, Eating the bitter bread of banishment, Whilst you have fed upon my signories, Disparked my parks and felled my forest woods, From my own windows torn my household coat, Rased out my imprese, leaving me no sign, Save men's opinions and my living blood, To show the world I am a gentleman.”

Source: King Richard II: Third Series

“The heavens do not send good haps in handfuls; but let us pick out our good by little, and with care, from out much bad, that still our little world may know its king.”

Knows World May Littles Stills Care Heaven Kings Picks Fortune Handful

Book:Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

Source: Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney: With Remarks

“Virtue is shut out from no one; she is open to all, accepts all, invites all, gentlemen, freedmen, slaves, kings, and exiles; she selects neither house nor fortune; she is satisfied with a human being without adjuncts.”

Humans House Human Beings Accepting Virtue Kings Fortune Slave Satisfied Gentleman Invites Exile

Author:Seneca the Younger

“That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she is the farther off.”

Ifs Too Much Son Kings Fortune Instruction Emperor Conceit

Book:Bacon's Advancement of Learning and the New Atlantis

Source: Bacon's Advancement of Learning and the New Atlantis

“I just felt my good fortune, and I also trust my love for the book, my love for the material, and my reverence for Stephen King.”

Book Felt Materials Kings Fortune Reverence Good Fortune

Author:Bridget Carpenter