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Good fortune comes to some people while they are asleep (i.e., without their seeking it).

— Louis XI Disputed

A aucuns les biens viennent en dormant.

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Proverb traditionally connected with Louis XI, cited in Classical and Foreign Quotations (1904), no. 1

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When pride and presumption walk before, shame and loss follow very closely.

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