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Fortunes Quotes

Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened Picture Quote #1

America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes Picture Quote #1

We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving Picture Quote #1

One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring Picture Quote #1

The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done Picture Quote #1

One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired money Picture Quote #1

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You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who put your hands before your eyes and say it is dark. Take your hands away and see the light Picture Quote #1

If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow from, or depend on, five or six principal problems which I succeeded in solving and which I regard as so many battles where the fortunes of war were on my side Picture Quote #1

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes Picture Quote #1

God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than by industry, by wicked actions rather than by good. Hence it is that men feed upon each other, and those who cannot defend themselves must be worried Picture Quote #1

A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of light. Concealment avails him nothing; boasting nothing. There is confession in the glances of our eyes; in our smiles; in salutations; and the grasp of hands Picture Quote #1

In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men’s characters to a level with their fortunes Picture Quote #1

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My submission to you is we’re fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we’d be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it Picture Quote #1

In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people’s possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences Picture Quote #1

For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor Picture Quote #1

Men appear to prefer ruining one another’s fortunes, and cutting each other’s throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness Picture Quote #1

Avarice has ruined more men than prodigality, and the blindest thoughtlessness of expenditure has not destroyed so many fortunes as the calculating but insatiable lust of accumulation Picture Quote #1

Whatever difference there may appear to be in men’s fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal Picture Quote #1

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A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way, and often by some happy accident counts with us for something more than its independent value Picture Quote #1

Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state Picture Quote #1

Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other’s worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust Picture Quote #1

Many have been ruined by their fortunes; many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it, the great have become little, and the little great Picture Quote #1

It is evident that the fortunes of the world’s human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made of energy resources Picture Quote #1

I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book Picture Quote #1

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Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul Picture Quote #1

President Bush will come here and there will be new “friends” of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who “liberated” them Picture Quote #1

She told fortunes for a living. It’s a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960’s Picture Quote #1

The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad Picture Quote #1

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes Picture Quote #1

Ecology’s implications for capitalism are too momentous for the capitalist to contemplate. The plutocrats are more wedded to their wealth than to the Earth upon which they live, more concerned with the fate of their fortunes than with the fate of humanity. The present ecological crisis has been created by the few at the expense of the many Picture Quote #1

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Why should men leave great fortunes to their children? If this is done from affection, is it not misguided affection? Observation teaches that, generally speaking, it is not well for the children that they should be so burdened (Fortunes Quotes) America’s abundance was not created by public sacrifices to the common good, but by the productive genius of free men who pursued their own personal interests and the making of their own private fortunes (Fortunes Quotes) We see men who have accumulated great fortunes, but we often recognize only their triumph, overlooking the temporary defeats which they had to surmount before arriving (Fortunes Quotes) One penny may seem to you a very insignificant thing, but it is the small seed from which fortunes spring (Fortunes Quotes) The secret of great fortunes without apparent cause is a crime forgotten, forgotten because it was properly done (Fortunes Quotes) One must realize that all who have accumulated great fortunes first did a certain amount of dreaming, hoping, wishing, desiring, and planning before they acquired money (Fortunes Quotes) You are the makers of your own fortunes. You make yourselves suffer, you make good and evil, and it is you who put your hands before your eyes and say it is dark. Take your hands away and see the light (Fortunes Quotes) If I found any new truths in the sciences, I can say that they follow from, or depend on, five or six principal problems which I succeeded in solving and which I regard as so many battles where the fortunes of war were on my side (Fortunes Quotes) The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes (Fortunes Quotes) God and nature have thrown all human fortunes into the midst of mankind; and they are thus attainable rather by rapine than by industry, by wicked actions rather than by good. Hence it is that men feed upon each other, and those who cannot defend themselves must be worried (Fortunes Quotes) A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters of light. Concealment avails him nothing; boasting nothing. There is confession in the glances of our eyes; in our smiles; in salutations; and the grasp of hands (Fortunes Quotes) In peace and prosperity states and individuals have better sentiments, because they do not find themselves suddenly confronted with imperious necessities; but war takes away the easy supply of daily wants and so proves a rough master that brings most men’s characters to a level with their fortunes (Fortunes Quotes) My submission to you is we’re fighting the war on terror not overseas but in our own streets, and we’d be spending vast more fortunes to try to be a defensive country to protect ourselves rather than an offensive country to spread democracy wherever people yearn for it (Fortunes Quotes) In particular, it is absurd to hope to banish envy of other people’s possessions or fortunes, if only because the spirit of envy can lead to emulation and ambition and have positive consequences (Fortunes Quotes) For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor (Fortunes Quotes) Men appear to prefer ruining one another’s fortunes, and cutting each other’s throats about a few paltry villages, to extending the grand means of human happiness (Fortunes Quotes) Avarice has ruined more men than prodigality, and the blindest thoughtlessness of expenditure has not destroyed so many fortunes as the calculating but insatiable lust of accumulation (Fortunes Quotes) Whatever difference there may appear to be in men’s fortunes, there is still a certain compensation of good and ill in all, that makes them equal (Fortunes Quotes) A book, like a person, has its fortunes with one; is lucky or unlucky in the precise moment of its falling in our way, and often by some happy accident counts with us for something more than its independent value (Fortunes Quotes) Go home all you boys who fought with me and help build up the shattered fortunes of our old state (Fortunes Quotes) Men may be rivals, opponents in their fortunes, and yet be friends in their hearts and fair towards each other’s worth; but woman, the instant she is rivaled, becomes unjust (Fortunes Quotes) Many have been ruined by their fortunes; many have escaped ruin by the want of fortune. To obtain it, the great have become little, and the little great (Fortunes Quotes) It is evident that the fortunes of the world’s human population, for better or for worse, are inextricably interrelated with the use that is made of energy resources (Fortunes Quotes) I have known men to hazard their fortunes, go long journeys halfway about the world, forget friendships, even lie, cheat, and steal, all for the gain of a book (Fortunes Quotes) Doctors have throughout time made fortunes on killing their patients with their cures. The difference in psychiatry is that it is the death of the soul (Fortunes Quotes) President Bush will come here and there will be new “friends” of America to open a new relationship with the world, new economic fortunes for those who “liberated” them (Fortunes Quotes) She told fortunes for a living. It’s a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960’s (Fortunes Quotes) The fortunes of the entire world may well ride on the ability of young Americans to face the responsibilities of an old America gone mad (Fortunes Quotes) Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes (Fortunes Quotes) Ecology’s implications for capitalism are too momentous for the capitalist to contemplate. The plutocrats are more wedded to their wealth than to the Earth upon which they live, more concerned with the fate of their fortunes than with the fate of humanity. The present ecological crisis has been created by the few at the expense of the many (Fortunes Quotes)

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