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• Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken. Publius Syru
• The bow too tensely strung is easily broken. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 388
• It is more easy to get a favour from fortune than to keep it.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 282...
• One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 463
• Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 274
• His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 283
• Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 911
• When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 277
• When Fortune is on our side, popular favour bears her company.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 275...