and tight fisted when good fortune visits him ,

Now we have the good fortune to open up space.

and whenever good fortune comes to him , he grows niggardly .

It was my good fortune to be reading in Jordan a book called On Identity by Amin Maalouf.

He was accustomed to good fortune, for his huntsmen took precautions.

I had the good fortune of running into him in 1977.

Good fortune and bad fortune alternate randomly, and the poorest people are particularly vulnerable when misfortune like a hurricane in a fishing village strikes.

Or perhaps a long run of good fortune has left the financial market dominated by cockeyed optimists, who have finally figured that out.

I had the good fortune to work with President Reagan as his chief economic adviser.

Good plumbers cost a small fortune, because here, too, the technology has evolved very slowly.

But if effective demand is adequate, average skill and average good fortune will be enough.

Sometimes the cause is government guarantees. And sometimes it is simply a long run of good fortune, which leaves the market dominated by unrealistic optimists.

Only they attain it who forbear , and only a man of great good fortune can achieve it .

Next is by a Lithuanian fortune teller, Jurgi Petrauskas.

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If good fortune befalls thee , it vexes them but if thou art visited by an affliction , they say , ' We took our dispositions before ' , and turn away , rejoicing .

If good fortune befalls thee , it vexes them but if thou art visited by an affliction , they say , ' We took our dispositions before ' , and turn away , rejoicing .

Fortune cookie.

And none attaineth that except those who are patient and none attaineth that except the owner of mighty good fortune ,

So, fortune cookies invented by the Japanese, popularized by the Chinese, but ultimately consumed by Americans.

In the olden days, explorers like Vasco da Gama and Columbus had the good fortune to open up the terrestrial globe.

But none attains to this except those who are steadfast none attains to this except those endowed with mighty good fortune .

It's a fortune!

Their good fortune is not due to their domestic policies, but to hydrocarbons in Azerbaijan s case and, in Belarus, to Russian subsidies.

And if , after adversity , We let him taste good fortune he says , All my ills are gone . He becomes exultant and boastful .

And if , after adversity , We let him taste good fortune he says , All my ills are gone . He becomes exultant and boastful .

Suddenly, David became the world s best known Malawian because it was his good fortune to be adopted by Madonna, the pop star who is to TV cameras what honey is to bears.

If good fortune befalls you , it vexes them and if an affliction befalls you , they turn away in jubilation and say We have taken due care of our affairs in good time .

If good fortune befalls you , it vexes them and if an affliction befalls you , they turn away in jubilation and say We have taken due care of our affairs in good time .

When good things came their way , they said ' It is our due ' but when evil befell them they blamed their ill fortune on Moses and those with him . Indeed their ill fortune was with Allah , though most of them did not know .

And no one will be granted such goodness except those who exercise patience and self restraint , none but persons of the greatest good fortune .

John inherited a large fortune.

Sami was losing his fortune.

And this is of a student of mine named Joseph who I had the good fortune to work with for three years in my lab.

This change of fortune is shocking.

Man never tires of asking for the good things of life but if evil fortune befalls him , he abandons all hope , giving himself up to despair .

Man never tires of asking for the good things of life but if evil fortune befalls him , he abandons all hope , giving himself up to despair .

And none are made to receive it but those who are patient , and none are made to receive it but those who have a mighty good fortune .

Metastasio inherited a fortune of 15,000 scudi.

Then, as Chinese were wondering why 2008, a year of supposed good fortune marked by the lucky number eight, had started with so much misfortune, a deadly earthquake struck Sichuan province, killing 80,000 people and leaving millions homeless.

And when the God fearing are asked What has your Lord revealed ? they answer Something excellent ! Good fortune in this world awaits those who do good and certainly the abode of the Hereafter is even better for them .

But if , by God 's grace , good fortune should be your lot , they will say , If only I had been with them I should have achieved a great success , as if no affection had existed between you and them .

He lost a fortune in the stock market.

They left their fortune behind, all their goods.

This tragic reversal of fortune must not stand.