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Excerpt from A New Dictionary of Quotations: From the Greek, Latin, and Modern Languages A quelque chose malheur est bon. Fr. Rov. Misfortune is good for something, is not always an evil, is not always thrown away. 'tis an ill wind that blows nobody luck. A qui chapon mange, chapon lui vient. Fr. Prov. Comes to him who eats capon. - Spend, and god will send. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.