Michel de Montaigne: Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky. — Michel de Montaigne

Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.

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