Famous Proverbs
296 Proverbs about Fortune / Page 14
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There is no greater misfortune than your own.132.
You can always find good elements in the misfortune that strikes you.133.
When your fortune improves, the columns of your house appear to be crooked.134.
The misfortune that comes into town does not wear a turban.135.
A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence.136.
Good fortune may forbode bad luck, which may in turn disguise good fortune.137.
The palace leads to fame, the market to fortune, and loneliness to wisdom.138.
The winds of heaven change suddenly; so do human fortunes.139.
Those who inherit fortunes are frequently more of a problem than those who made them.140.
Misfortune sits on a rich man's lap but grabs the throat of the pauper.