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Luckless Polonia, the dower of great beauty has always been misfortune; since happiness and beauty do not agree together.

— Pedro Calderón de la Barca

Polonia desdichada,
Pension de la hermosura celebrada
Fue siempre la desdicha;
Que no se avienen bien belleza y dicha.

Original text (Spanish)

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For such is Fortune, that scarcely has she done a good when an evil follows.

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