" I assure you, Alexandra Pavlovna,' said Pigasov slowly, 'nothing can be worse and more injurious than good-fortune that comes too late. It cannot give you pleasure in any way, and it deprives you of the right--the precious right--of complaining and cursing Providence. Yes, madam, it's a cruel and insulting trick--belated fortune. "

― Ivan Turgenev , The Collected Works of Ivan Turgenev