It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
SallustIf fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.
Sallust