Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. - Livy

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To yield reverence to another, to hold ourselves and our lives at his disposal, is not slavery; often, it is the noblest state in which a man can live in this world.

Livy

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

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