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Certainly, the inevitable force of fate blinds the judgment of those for whom it has destined a reverse of fortune.

— Velleius Paterculus

Profecto ineluctabilis fatorum vis, cujuscunque fortunam mutare constituit, consilia corrumpit.

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2, 57. Commenting on Cæsar’s total disregard of the many presages of his death. Cp. Whom the gods would destroy, they first make mad.

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