Accused Quote by Charles Caleb Colton

“Fortune has been considered the guardian divinity of fools; and, on this score, she has been accused of blindness; but it should rather be adduced as a proof of her sagacity, when she helps those who cannot help themselves.”

Charles Caleb Colton

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