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“Fortune, delighting in her cruel task, and playing her wanton game untiringly, is ever shifting her uncertain favours.”

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Neither men, nor gods, nor booksellers' shelves permit ordinary poets to exist. [Lat., Mediocribus esse poetis Non homines, non di, non concessere columnae.]

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