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Bene ferre magnam disce fortunam Hor. Fortunam reverenter habe, quicunque repente Dives ab exili progrediere loco.
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However, Professor E. Fantham points out to me that it could also mean 'sphere': she cites Pacuvius 366-67 Ribbeck2 (_Rhet Her_ II 36) 'Fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi,/
The Last Poems of Ovid 43 BC-18? Ovid
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Licet laudem Fortunam, tamen ut ne Salutem culpem.
Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives Titus Maccius Plautus 1919
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Nemo confidat nimium secundis, 20 nemo desperet meliora lassis: miscet haec illis prohibensque Clotho stare Fortunam rotat omne fatum. nemo tam diuos habuit fauentis crastinum ut posset sibi polliceri: 25 res deus nostras celeri citatas
Mutability 1912
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'Fortunam reverenter habe, quicumque repente Dives ab exili progrediere loco.'
Life of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887
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Fortunam virtute, virium inopiam peritia et celeritate compensavit,
Picturesque Quebec : a sequel to Quebec past and present 1868
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Metaphoram ut mutem, _boomarangam_ meam a scopo aberrantem retraxi, dum majore vi, occasione ministrante, adversus Fortunam intorquerem.
The Biglow Papers James Russell Lowell 1855
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Metaphoram ut mutem, _boomarangam_ meam a scopo aberrantem, retraxi, dum majore vi, occasione ministrante, adversus Fortunam intorquerem.
The Complete Poetical Works of James Russell Lowell James Russell Lowell 1855
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Fortunam adhuc adversam tulisti: secundae res acrioribus stimulis animos explorant, quia miseriae tolerantur, felicitate corrumpimur.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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[761] 'Fortunam reverenter habe, quicumque repente
Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 James Boswell 1767
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