“ Fortune is a courtesan; favorable yesterday, she may turn her back tomorrow. ”
Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers (1844). copy citation
| Author | Alexandre Dumas |
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| Source | The Three Musketeers |
| Topic | fortune setback |
| Date | 1844 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1257/1257-h/1257-h.htm |
Context
“«No,» said she, «you will avenge me; but you will not be dead. He is a coward.»
«With women, perhaps; but not with men. I know something of him.»
«But it seems you had not much reason to complain of your fortune in your contest with him.»
«Fortune is a courtesan; favorable yesterday, she may turn her back tomorrow.»
«Which means that you now hesitate?»
«No, I do not hesitate; God forbid! But would it be just to allow me to go to a possible death without having given me at least something more than hope?»” source
«With women, perhaps; but not with men. I know something of him.»
«But it seems you had not much reason to complain of your fortune in your contest with him.»
«Fortune is a courtesan; favorable yesterday, she may turn her back tomorrow.»
«Which means that you now hesitate?»
«No, I do not hesitate; God forbid! But would it be just to allow me to go to a possible death without having given me at least something more than hope?»” source
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