François de La Rochefoucauld: There are no chances so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap…
There are no chances so unlucky from which clever people are not able to reap some advantage, and none so lucky that the foolish are not able to turn to their own disadvantage.
In today’s wordsThere's no bad luck that clever people can't turn to some advantage, and no good luck that fools can't turn against themselves.
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