“Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.” InspirationalHumansLittlesHappensPiecesGratitudeAdvantageFortuneGood FortuneFelicity Author:Benjamin Franklin
“Man, be he who he may, experiences a last piece of good fortune and a last day. [Ger., Der Mensch erfahrt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Gluck und einen letzten Tag.]” MenMayLastsPiecesFateFortuneGood FortuneLast DayTagMags Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“I have often noticed that when Fate has a phenomenal run of ill luck in store for you, she begins by dropping a rare piece of good fortune into your lap, thereby enhancing the artistic effect of the sequel.” RunningPiecesFateEffectsLuckFortuneIllStoresArtisticLapGood FortuneDroppingPhenomenalSequels Book:Impressions that remained Source: Impressions that remained
“We were expelled from Paradise, but it was not destroyed. The expulsion from Paradise was in one sense a piece of good fortune, for if we had not been expelled, Paradise would have had to be destroyed.” IfsPiecesLuckFortuneDestroyedParadiseGood FortuneExpulsion Book:The Blue Octavo Notebooks Source: The Blue Octavo Notebooks
“When we see the shameful fortunes amassed in all quarters of the globe, are we not impelled to exclaim that Judas' thirty pieces of silver have fructified across the centuries?” PiecesCenturyFortuneRichesThirtySilverQuartersGlobesShamefulJudas Author:Sophie Swetchine
“You can now, if you choose, employ your present success to advantage, so as to keep what you have got and gain honour and reputation besides, and you can avoid the mistake of those who meet with an extraordinary piece of good fortune, and are led on by hope to grasp continually at something further, through having already succeeded without expecting it.” IfsMistakePiecesGainsAdvantageFortuneExtraordinaryReputationHonourYou ChooseExpectingGood Fortune Book:History of Greece Source: History of Greece
“Human happiness comes not from infrequent pieces of good fortune, but from the small improvements to daily life.” HumansPiecesFortuneImprovementDaily LifeGood FortuneHuman Happiness Author:Benjamin Franklin
“Suppose it were perfectly certain that the life and fortune of each of us would some day depend upon our winning or losing a game of chess. Do you not think that we should all consider it to be our primary duty to learn at least the names of the pieces and how to position them on the chessboard?” ThinkingShouldCertainGamesWinningNamesPiecesPositionDutyDependsLosingFortuneChessPrimariesWin Or LoseLosing A Game Author:Aldous Huxley