Quote by Montesquieu (1689-1755)

There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.

— Montesquieu. French judge, historian, and political philosopher (1689–1755)

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