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In Defiance of Fortune

Never think you fortune can bear the sway
Where virtue's force can cause her to obey.

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  • macandrew
    October 31, 2003
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    good

    Never think you
    fortune can bear the sway
    Where virtue's force
    can cause her to obey.

    I am taking this to read that money will not win out over virtue. Although the use of the words "force" and "obey" show that it is not an easy victory.

    Well written.

    John