[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Thou hast resigned thyself to the sway of Fortune; thou must submit to thy mistress’s caprices.

What! art thou verily striving to stay the swing of the revolving wheel?

Oh, stupidest of mortals, if it takes to standing still, it ceases to be the wheel of Fortune.’

- Book II, Chapter I, Consolation of Philosophy

(Thought Boethius might respond to Cicero on this thread as well)

[Cicero]

I guess Cicero gets to speak second, then, O Child of my philosophical heritage:

Vita Fortuna regitur, non Sapientia

"Life is ruled by fortune, not by wisdom"

--Cicero, Tusculanus.