Dame Fortune
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“What happened? Dame Fortune frowned. Intel must be well-positioned and ready when Dame Fortune smiles again.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 24, 2023
Dame Fortune, that inconstant jade, Can smile when least expected, And those who languish in the shade, Need never be dejected.
From A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker by Hannah Jane Locker-Lampson
And this is the wisdom of our Northmen who have well tamed Dame Fortune and have set their sure brand upon her.
From Seeds of Pine by Janey Canuck
"We're wealthy fowk now, tak' oor place wi' the best," Said the heid o' the Allans, one Dougal, A man whom Dame Fortune had royally blest, Of sensible habits, and frugal— Uncommonly frugal.
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems by Jean Blewett
How treacherous Dame Fortune cast on Simplicissimus a friendly glance Chap. xxii.:
From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen
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