🎭 Nothing but my fortune.
— Valentine, Two Gentlemen of Verona 4-1
[ACTING TIPS]
Being vanished from the court of Duke of Milan, he was “stand-and-deliver”ed by a group of outlaws in the mountains, and asked if he had any resource. And he answered this.
“Fortune” could mean a big money, tremendous good luck, but here, he simply meant his downward, tragical, sad destiny.
Everytime I come to this phrase, it reminds me of what Oscar Wilde answered at the US custom.
USC: Anything to declare?
OW: Nothing but my talent.
