Quote #16

Fortuna uitrea est: tum cum splendet frangitur.

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  1. Fortuna cum blanditur, captatum venit.
  2. Fortunam citius reperias quam retineas.
  3. When Fortune is on our side, popular favor bears her company.
  4. There are some remedies worse than the disease.
  5. Fortune is not satisfied with inflicting one calamity.
  6. Amid a multitude of projects, no plan is devised.
  7. What is left when honor is lost?
  8. In sterculino plurimum gallus potest.

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