When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us Some Great Office Without Having Gradually Led Us To Expect It, Or Without Having Raised Our Hopes, It Is Well Nigh Impossible To Occupy It Well, And To Appear Worthy To Fill It.

-Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us

Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When Fortune Surprises Us By Giving Us Some Great Office Without Having Gradually Led Us To Expect It, Or Without Having Raised Our Hopes, It Is Well Nigh Impossible To Occupy It Well, And To Appear Worthy To Fill It.

Topic

Hope

Giving

Expectations

It Is Almost Always A Fault Of One Who Loves Not To Realize When He Ceases To Be Loved.

Faults

Realizing

Cease