An idea from The Consolation of Philosophy

Fortune has a case. You came into the world with nothing. She lent you money, rank, and a family’s honours, and now she wants them back. Nothing she takes was ever really yours, so she has done you no wrong.

From The Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius

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