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“Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune,…” quote by Juvenal — Download Open image

“Wisdom to be sure is the great conqueror of Fortune, giving precepts in its sanctified pages; but we also judge those happy who have learned in the school of life how to bear its ills and not buck against the yoke”

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