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 Take her up tenderly,
 Lift her with care;
  Fashioned so slenderly,
   Young and so read more 
 Take her up tenderly,
 Lift her with care;
  Fashioned so slenderly,
   Young and so fair! 
 There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate 
misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil read more 
 There is nothing so wretched or foolish as to anticipate 
misfortunes. What madness it is in your expecting evil before it 
arrives!
 [Lat., Nil est nec miserius nec stultius quam praetimere. Quae 
ista dementia est, malum suum antecedere!] 
 When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
 [Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.]  
 When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
 [Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.] 
 Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity 
the scorn even of the base.
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 Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity 
the scorn even of the base.
 [Lat., Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristinam
  Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.] 
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.
 One more unfortunate
 Weary of breath,
  Rashly importunate,
   Gone to her death!  
 One more unfortunate
 Weary of breath,
  Rashly importunate,
   Gone to her death! 
 There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been 
unfortunate. for it has never been read more 
 There in no one more unfortunate than the man who has never been 
unfortunate. for it has never been in his power to try himself.
 [Lat., Nihil infelicius eo, cui nihil unquam evenit adversi, non 
licuit enim illi se experiri.]