Maxim 283
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave
Three Worlds, Three Summers — But Not the Summer Just Past.
“The brave man carves out his fortune, and every man is the son of his own works.”
Source: Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605–1615), Part I, Book I, Ch. 4.
“But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.
I.i.2
Epistulae ad Caesarem senem
“But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune.”
Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.
Sallust, Epistulae ad Caesarem senem, I.1.2
“Nature magically suits the man to his fortunes, by making these the fruit of his character.”
Fate
1860s, The Conduct of Life (1860)
“Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.”
Of Fortune
Essays (1625)
“No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his intellect.”
Nul n'est content de sa fortune;
Ni mécontent de son esprit.
from Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 690
Hays translation
V, 37
Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book V
