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A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

A wise man turns chance into good fortune.

Quote by Thomas Fuller about good luck, wealth, chance, good, man

Abused patience turns to fury.

Abused patience turns to fury.

Quote by Thomas Fuller about feelings, patience

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at and repair.

Quote by Douglas Adams about bad, things, impossible

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way...

I never really look for anything. What God throws my way comes. I wake up in the morning and whichever way God turns my feet, I go.

Quote by Pearl Bailey about god

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to be at best incomplete and very often false, misleading, fictitious, mendacious - just dead wrong.

Quote by Russell Baker about bad, people

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning...

Justice turns the scale, bringing to some learning through suffering.

Quote by Aeschylus about justice, suffering

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory...

If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.

Quote by Simone de Beauvoir about defeat, victory, contentment

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns...

Man is an idea, and a precious small idea once he turns his back on love.

Quote by Albert Camus about people, idea, love, man

I guess you're going to have to indulge in a little phone sex-nothing wrong with that! I don't know what to recommend for you, depends what turns you on.

Quote by Jackie Collins about bad, contentment, sex, nothing

If you want to have great sex, find a partner who really...

If you want to have great sex, find a partner who really turns you on. Pills are merely props, and props can turn out to be a big drag.

Quote by Jackie Collins about sex, contentment

A man who walks through the turnstiles backwards going to...

A man who walks through the turnstiles backwards going to Bangkok.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about man

I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is...

I've been on jobs where there's that one actor who is just a miserable, miserable no-good, dirty bastard, and it just turns the whole process sour.

Quote by Joe Pantoliano about work, actors, good, good luck

When freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of conscience, it turns against humanity and society.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about liberty, purpose, conscience, humanity, rules, voice, wish, law, society, man

So to be the girl, who's the sorta shy, quiet one but...

So to be the girl, who's the sorta shy, quiet one but then turns into the manipulative, popular girl, was kind of wonderful.

Quote by Piper Perabo about quiet

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by...

God turns you from one feeling to another and teaches by means of opposites, so that you will have two wings to fly, not one.

Quote by Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi about god, contentment

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be...

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Quote by Alfred Nobel about idea, good, good luck

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns...

Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.

Quote by Benjamin Jonson about vice, punishment, mind

To the Moon Oh gracious moon, now as the year turns, I remember how, heavy with sorrow, I climbed this hill to gaze on you, And then as now you hung above those trees Illuminating all. But to my eyes Your face seemed clouded, temulous...

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about light, moon, sadness, youth, memory, tears, pain, eyes, past, hope

What angel saves, /strong> What saves angel, in century, the rose from neutral coloring, I still know. Beyond, I do not know the ritual: what angel saves neurosis when the tears, in harps, are passing a blood as the one from tarnished...

Quote by Serban Foarta about poetry, angels, tears, blood, flowers, grace

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