Human beings and all their works are subject, as Edward Gibbon said, to “the vicissitudes of fortune.”

正如爱德华.吉本所言，人类本身，以及人类所有的努力，都取决于“变化莫测的命运”。

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If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes of fortune.

如果这样就叫考虑不周的话，那么我想知道，怎样的做法才能称为是对命运起伏面面俱到的防备呢？

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The species was brought back from the brink (only 30 individuals left in the 1950s) to a point where, while it is still classified as endangered, it seems reasonably safe from the vicissitudes of fortune.

ECONOMIST: Feathers are flying in the world of bird classification