23 French Proverbs about Fortune
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Proverbs about Fortune1. 
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
2. 
Another's misfortune is only a dream.
3. 
Fortune can take from us only what she has given us.
4. 
Fortune is a woman; if you neglect her to-day, expect not to regain her to-morrow.
5. 
Greater qualities are needed to bear good fortune than bad.
6. 
Misfortune comes on horseback and goes away on foot.
7. 
Misfortune upon misfortune is not wholesome.
8. 
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition.
9. 
One has always strength enough to bear the misfortunes of one's friends.
10. 
The fool hunts for misfortune.
11. 
The most friendly fortune trips up your heels.
12. 
To a bold man fortune holds out her hand.
13. 
Weather, wind, women, and fortune change like the moon.
14. 
Where misfortune befals injuries follow.
15. 
Misfortunes never come single.
16. 
Misfortunes that can't be avoided must be sweetened.
17. 
Misfortunes, when asleep, are not to be awakened.
18. 
Fortune is blind, but not invisible.
19. 
Against change of fortune set a brave heart.
20. 
Misfortunes come on horseback and depart on foot.
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