Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
-- Henri Frederic Amiel
1821-1881, Swiss Philosopher, Poet, Critic
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Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.
-- Marcus Aurelius
121-80 AD, Roman Emperor, Philosopher
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Whatever the universal nature assigns to any man at any time is for the good of that man at that time.
-- Marcus Aurelius
121-80 AD, Roman Emperor, Philosopher
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Fortune is like the market, where, many times, if you can stay a little, the price will fall.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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Ill Fortune never crushed that man whom good fortune deceived not.
-- Francis Bacon
1561-1626, British Philosopher, Essayist, Statesman
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Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
-- Elizabeth Bowen
1899-1973, Anglo-Irish Novelist
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Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
-- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
1803-1873, British Novelist, Poet
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There is but one philosophy and its name is fortitude! To bear is to conquer our fate.
-- Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
1803-1873, British Novelist, Poet
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