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No man's more fortunate than he who's poor,
Since for the worse his fortune cannot change.

πένητος ἀνδρὸς οὐδὲν εὐτυχέστερον·
τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον μεταβολὴν οὐ προσδοκᾷ.

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