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• His own character is the arbiter of every one's fortune. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 283
• Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 120...
• When Fortune is on our side, popular favour bears her company.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 275...
• It is more easy to get a favour from fortune than to keep it.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 282...
• When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 277
• Fortune is like glass,--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
  -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 280...
• Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 911
• Every one excels in something in which another fails. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 17
• No one knows what he can do till he tries. -- Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim 786