“That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.”
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LIX: On Pleasure and Joy
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LXIII
“That which Fortune has not given, she cannot take away.”
Seneca the Younger book Epistulae morales ad Lucilium
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius), Letter LIX: On Pleasure and Joy
“He has not acquired a fortune; the fortune has acquired him.”
Diogenes Laërtius (180–240) biographer of ancient Greek philosophers
Bion, 50.
The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers (c. 200 A.D.), Book 4: The Academy
“So, march away; and let due praise be given
Neither to fate nor fortune, but to Heaven.”
Christopher Marlowe The Jew of Malta
Ferneze, Act V
The Jew of Malta (c. 1589)
Roger Kahn (1927–2020) American baseball writer
Source: The Boys Of Summer, Lines On The Transpontine Madness, p. xxi
George Monbiot (1963) English writer and political activist
Heat - How to Stop the Planet From Burning (2006-10-17)
“Fortune is given to brave men.”
Fortibus est fortuna viris data.
Ennius (-239–-169 BC) Roman writer
As quoted by Macrobius in Saturnalia, Book VI, Chapter I
Flea (musician) (1962) American musician
Quoted from Guitar Center Flea Interview http://www.guitarcenter.com/interview/flea/
“Virtue has her heroes too
As well as Fame and Fortune.”
Friedrich Schiller Wallenstein
Act I, sc. vii
Wallenstein (1798), Part II - Wallensteins Tod (The Death of Wallenstein)