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Stultum facit fortuna, quem vult perdere.

— Publilius Syrus

More from Publilius Syrus

  1. Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.
  2. Taciturnitas stulto homini pro sapientia est.
  3. Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it.
  4. It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
  5. Everything is worth what its purchaser will pay for it.
  6. Proximum ab innocentia tenet locum verecunda peccati confessio.
  7. No one knows what he can do till he tries.
  8. I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.

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  • folly
  • hubris
  • pride

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