If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
Si fortuna juvat, caveto tolli;
Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.
Si fortuna tonat, caveto mergi.
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His monuments decay, and death comes even to his marbles and his names.
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