“Good fortune will elevate even petty minds, and gives them the appearance of a certain greatness and stateliness, as from their high place they look down upon the world; but the truly noble and resolved spirit raises itself, and becomes more conspicuous in times of disaster and ill fortune...” GreatnessFortuneNobleDisasterGreekGreeceNoble SpiritIll FortuneEumenesStateliness Book:Plutarch's Lives: Volume II Source: Plutarch's Lives: Volume II