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Dame Fortune, some philosophers maintain, Is witless, sightless, brutish; ... That she is witless for that she is cruel, Untrustworthy, unstaid; and,… - Pacuvius
" "Dame Fortune, some philosophers maintain,
Is witless, sightless, brutish; ...
That she is witless for that she is cruel,
Untrustworthy, unstaid; and, they repeat,
Sightless she is because she nothing sees
Whereto she'll steer herself: and brutish too
Because she cannot tell between the man
That's worthy and the unworthy. But there are
Other philosophers who against all this
Deny that there is any goddess Fortune,
Saying it is Chance Medley rules the world.
That this is more like unto truth and fact
Practice doth teach us by the experience.
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About Pacuvius
(220 – c. 130 BC) was an ancient Roman tragic poet. He is regarded as the greatest of their tragedians prior to Lucius Accius.
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Marcus Pacuvius
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Fortunam insanam esse et caecam et brutam perhibent philosophi, ...
Insanam autem esse aiunt quia atrox incerta instabilisque sit;
caecam ob eam rem esse iterant quia nil cernat quo sese adplicet;
brutam quia dignum atque indignum nequeat internoscere.
Sunt autem alii philosophi qui contra Fortunam negant
esse ullam sed temeritate res regi umnes autumant.
Id magis verisimile esse usus reapse experiundo edocet.
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