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Fortunatus

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Fortunatus

Hero of a popular European story describing the adventures of Fortunatus and his sons, who have an inexhaustible purse of money and a magic wishing cap. The moral is that worldly prosperity does not bring lasting happiness.

The earliest printed version of the story (in German) is dated 1509.
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Joe bought a roll, and reduced his purse to the condition (with a difference) of that celebrated purse of Fortunatus, which, whatever were its favoured owner's necessities, had one unvarying amount in it.
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