Prosperity and Fate
by: Sophocles (496-406 B.C.)
translated by E. H. Plumptre
We should not speak of one that prospers well
As happy, till his life have run its course,
And reached its goal. An evil spirit's gift
In shortest time has oft laid low the state
Of one full rich in great prosperity,
When the change comes, and so the Gods appoint.
