Fortune is like glass--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Publius Syrus
Publius Syrus
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- Fortune is like glass,--the brighter the glitter, the more easily broken.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - The bow too tensely strung is easily broken.
-- Publius Syrus (42 BC)
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Maxim... - Depend not on fortune, but on conduct.
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Publius... - It is more easy to get a favour from fortune than to keep it.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - One man's wickedness may easily become all men's curse.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - When Fortune flatters, she does it to betray.
-- Publius Syrus (42 BC)
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Maxim... - When Fortune is on our side, popular favour bears her company.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - Whom Fortune wishes to destroy she first makes mad.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim... - Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
Publius Syrus (42 BC) -- Maxim...
From the same category:
- We often give our enemies the means of our own
destruction.... - The man who succeeds above his fellows is the one who early in life
clearly discerns his object,
and towards that object habitually directs his powers... - The mountain remains unmoved at seeming defeat by the mist.
Rabindranath... - Success is never final.
Winston... - My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions,
but in the fewness of my wants. J....
