Neque enim quod ante oculos situm est, suffecerit intueri; rerum exitus prudentia metitur eademque in alterutro mutabilitas nec formidandas fortunae minas nec exoptandas facit esse blanditias.
It is never enough for a man to contemplate what is before his eyes: prudence must measure up how things will work out in future, and the very changeableness and ambiguity of the future render impotent the threats of fortune to inspire fear and her flattery to awaken desire for it.
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