Baltasar Gracian - Never - Out of Sympathy with the unfortunate - involve yourself in their fate lyrics

One person's misfortune is another luck, for one cannot be lucky without many being unlucky. It is peculiarity of the unfortunate to arose people's goodwill, who desires to compensate them for the blows of fortune with their useless favor, and it happens that one who is abhorred by all in prosperity is adored by all in adversity. Vengeance on the wing is exchanged for compa**ion afoot. Yet it should be noticed how fate shuffles the cards. There are people who always consort with the unlucky, and he that yesterday flew high and happy stands today miserable at their side. That reveals nobility of soul but not worldly wisdom.