tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post300713931802196475..comments2023-04-15T08:14:53.058-07:00Comments on Joey Conservative's Corner: Creative ThieveryJoey Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02521728886621816690noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1164672274814613038.post-20536117601570034952010-12-08T17:56:57.647-08:002010-12-08T17:56:57.647-08:00...I mourn the blows of Fortune with flowing eyes,......I mourn the blows of Fortune with flowing eyes, because her gifts she has treacherously taken back from me. Opportunity is rightly described as having hair on her forehead, but there usually follows the bald patch at the back.<br><br>On the throne of Fortune I had sat elated, crowned with the gay flower of prosperity; however much I flourished, happy and blessed, now I have fallen from the pinnacle, deprived of my glory.<br><br>The wheel of Fortune turns; I sink, debased; another is raised up; lifted too high, a king sits on the topólet him beware of ruin! Under the axle we read, Queen Hecuba.Joe Conservativehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02696367580635901992noreply@blogger.com