Wheel of Fortuna

O Fortune, like the moon you are changable,
ever waxing and waning, hateful life,
first oppresses and then soothes as fancy takes it;
poverty and power it melts them like ice.

— From Carmina Burana

References:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina_Burana_%28Orff%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rota_Fortunae

http://quadriformisratio.wordpress.com/2013/07/01/the-rule-of-four/

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