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Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding better those who push forward who employ their enterprise who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck and to effectively gain her favor.
Some are satisfied to stand politely before the portals of Fortune and to await her bidding better those who push forward who employ their enterprise who on the wings of their worth and valor seek to embrace luck and to effectively gain her favor.
Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
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- Baltasar Gracian
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- Approximate author period: c. 1629 AD · renaissance
Approximate period for recorded attribution label Baltasar Gracian: recorded author lifetime 1601–1658. Source: https://edsverb.com/authors/baltasar-gracian (checked 2026-10-08). The existing author record is baltasar-gracian; no author identity is bound and no quotation composition date or attribution is independently verified.
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