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Tragedy (play)4 quotes

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. — William Shakespeare · 1599 Fortune, that arrant whore, Ne’er turns the key to th’ poor. — William Shakespeare · 1606 O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle. — William Shakespeare · 1597 Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered. — William Shakespeare · 1611

Historical literature3 quotes

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators. — Edward Gibbon · 1789 The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless. — Herodotus · 430 BC Vicissitudes of fortune, which spares neither man nor the proudest of his works, which buries empires and cities in a common grave. — Edward Gibbon · 1789

History (play)2 quotes

There is a tide in the affairs of men Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries. — William Shakespeare · 1599 Though Fortune’s malice overthrow my state, My mind exceeds the compass of her wheel. — William Shakespeare · 1595

Comedy (play)1 quote

Fortune assists the brave. — Terence · 161 BC

Greek theater1 quote

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles · 430 BC

Philosophical literature1 quote

The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1531

Political literature1 quote

The cause of the bad and of the good fortune of men is the way in which their method of working fits the times. — Niccolo Machiavelli · 1531

Tragic play1 quote

Of all human ills, greatest is fortune's wayward tyranny. — Sophocles · 430 BC