Famous Proverbs
296 Proverbs about Fortune / Page 2
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Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.12.
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.13.
Misfortune upon misfortune is not wholesome.14.
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.15.
One has always strength enough to bear the misfortunes of one's friends.16.
The fool hunts for misfortune.17.
The most friendly fortune trips up your heels.18.
To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.19.
Weather, wind, women, and fortune change like the moon.20.
Where misfortune befals injuries follow.