With many, their power, if it be very great, is a bar to faithful friendships. For not only is Fortune blind herself, but as a rule she even blinds those whom she has embraced. M. Tullius Cicero. De Amictia. Laelius on friendship. Section 54.
Image: A clay figurine depicting Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the seven wise men of ancient Greece, found in the House of Julia Felix in Pompeii, appears to be contemplating the fickleness of Fortuna. Photographed at "Pompeii: The Exhibit" at the Pacific Science Center in Seattle, Washington.
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