A Quote by Decimius Magnus Ausonius
Be not arrogant when fortune smiles, or dejected when she frowns.
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With wavering steps does fickle fortune stray,
Nowhere she finds a firm and fixed abode;
But now all smiles, and now again all frowns,
She's constant only in inconstancy.
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
Books delight us when prosperity smiles upon us; they comfort us inseparably when stormy fortune frowns on us.
Lady Luck is indifferent. She smiles sometimes, and she frowns sometimes.
Arrogance frowns; pride smiles.
There'll be ups and downs, smiles and frowns.
Fortune turns all things to the advantage of those on whom she smiles.
When Fortune smiles, I smile to think how quickly she will frown.
Fortuna smiles and frowns according to a timetable surprising even to herself.
The world is like a mirror; frown at it, and it frowns at you. Smile and it smiles, too.
Her very frowns are fairer far
Than smiles of other maidens are.
After a lifetime of nods, frowns and stoic smiles, they were both fluent in emotional shorthand.
When Cynthia smiles, said young Bingo, the skies are blue; the world takes on a roseate hue; birds in the garden trill and sing, and Joy is king of everything, when Cynthia smiles. He coughed, changing gears. When Cynthia frowns - What the devil are you talking about?I'm reading you my poem. The one I wrote to Cynthia last night. I'll go on, shall I?No!No?No. I haven't had my tea.
She turns her head, Bailey catches her eye, and she smiles at him. Not in the way that one smiles at a random member of the audience when one is in the middle of performing circus tricks with unusually talented kittens but in the way that one smiles when one recognizes someone they have not seen in some time.
The world is a severe schoolmaster, for its frowns are less dangerous than its smiles and flatteries, and it is a difficult task to keep in the path of wisdom.
The Woman that does not love your Frowns Will never embrace your smiles.
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