“Love longs to be free, a stranger to every worldly desire, lest its inner vision become dimmed, and lest worldly self-interest hinder it or ill-fortune cast it down.” LoveSelfDesireInterestVisionFortuneCastsIllStrangerWorldlySelf InterestHinderWorldly Desires Author:Thomas a Kempis
“This world is not for aye, nor 'tis not strange That even our loves should with our fortunes change, For 'tis a question left us yet to prove, Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love.” WorldLoveShouldLeftChangeThis WorldStrangeProveFortuneOur Love Book:The plays and poems of William Shakspeare Source: The plays and poems of William Shakspeare
“I have the good fortune of knowing both John McCain and Donald Trump well, both men have more in common than the today's media hype would have you believe. Both blazed trails in their careers and love our great nation.” MenLoveBelieveWellsTodayNationsCommonCareersKnowingMediaTrumpAnd LoveFortuneTrailsGood FortuneHypeMccainGreat Nations Author:Sarah Palin
“What importance can we attach to the things of this world? Friendship? It disappears when the one who is liked comes to grief, or the one who likes becomes powerful. Love? it is deceived, fleeting, or guilty. Fame? You share it with mediocrity or crime. Fortune? Could that frivolity be counted a blessing? All that remains are those so-called happy days that flow past unnoticed in the obscurity of domestic cares, leaving man with the desire neither to lose his life nor to begin it over.” MenWorldLoveLifeCarePastDesireFriendshipLosesPowerfulGriefShareCrimeThis WorldBlessingFameFlowImportanceRemainsFortuneLeavingDisappearLikesGuiltyMediocrityFleetingDeceivedObscurityUnnoticedHappy DayFrivolityAll That RemainsPowerful Love Author:François-René de Chateaubriand
“Envy among other ingredients has a mixture of the love of justice in it. We are more angry at undeserved than at deserved good-fortune.” LoveJusticeAngryFortuneEnvyIngredientsMixturesGood FortuneEnviedEnvy And Success Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)
“Self-love is almost always the ruling principle of our friendships. It makes us avoid all our obligations in unprofitable situations, and even causes us to forget our hostility towards our enemies when they become powerful enough to help us achieve fame or fortune.” LoveSelfEnoughHelpingCausesForgetLove IsPowerfulSituationEnemyPrinciplesAchieveSelf LoveFameFortuneObligationRulingHostility Author:Madeleine de Souvre, marquise de Sable