Many men can make a fortune but very few can build a family.

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We should manage our fortunes as we do our health—enjoy it when good, be patient when it is bad, and never apply violent remedies except in an extreme necessity.

—Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

—Ambrose Bierce

Behind every great fortune there is a crime.

—Honoré de Balzac

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The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

—Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.

—Laurence J. Peter

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11 Jul 2015 Added