No man is crushed by hostile Fortune who is not first deceived by her smiles.

Seneca the Younger (c. 4 BC-AD 65) Roman statesman, philosopher, playwright [Lucius Annaeus Seneca]
Moral Essays, “On Consolation to Helvia,” 5.5 [tr. Basore (1932)]

 
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