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the prize that flees the desperate and loiters near the prepared.
means A large amount of wealth or money, or alternatively the chance forces that shape what happens to a person — luck, good or bad.
from From Latin fortuna, meaning luck or chance, the noun tied to the goddess Fortuna, who spun her wheel to raise the lowly and topple the great. The word reached English through Old French fortune. Fortuna's name is thought to be related to Latin fors, 'chance,' and the same root that gives us 'fortuitous.' That double sense — wealth and luck — has clung to the word ever since, since a fortune was always something fate handed you as much as something you earned.
- goddess wheel
- Romans drew Fortuna spinning a wheel that crushes kings
- cookie origin
- Fortune cookies were invented in California, not China
- luck math
- Lottery odds often worse than a meteor strike
- word root
- From Latin fortuna, sister of fors meaning chance
fortune magazine — business publication founded in 1930 by henry luce, still publishes fortune 500 list
wheel of fortune — tv game show that premiered in 1975, one of longest-running syndicated programs
fortune cookie — dessert with hidden message inside, popularized in san francisco's chinatown in early 1900s