William Mathews Quotes

So Powerfully Does Fortune Appear To Sway The Destinies Of Men, Putting A Silver Spoon Into One Man's Mouth, And A Wooden One Into Another's, That Some Of The Most Sagacious Of Men, As Cardinal Mazarin And Rothschild, Seem To Have Been Inclined To Regard Luck As The First Element Of Worldly Success; Experience, Sagacity, Energy, And Enterprise As Nothing, If Linked To An Unlucky Star.

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