Chance in uncertain, fortune double-faced, Smiling at first, she frowneth in the end: Beware thine honor be not then disgraced, Take heed thou mar not when thou think'st to mend. (Torquato Tasso)

Chance in uncertain, fortune double-faced, Smiling at first, she frowneth in the end: Beware thine honor be not then disgraced, Take heed thou mar not when thou think'st to mend.

Torquato Tasso

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