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And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
And when man faces destiny, destiny ends and man comes into his own.
 No living man can send me to the shades
 Before my time; no man of woman born,
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 No living man can send me to the shades
 Before my time; no man of woman born,
  Coward or brave, can shun his destiny. 
 Let Hercules himself do what he may,
 The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.  
 Let Hercules himself do what he may,
 The cat will mew, and dog will have his day. 
 I feel that I am a man of destiny.
 [Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals read more 
 I feel that I am a man of destiny.
 [Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.] 
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.
I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's read more
I can't control my destiny, I trust my soul, my only goal is just to be. There's only now, there's only here. Give in to love or live in fear. No other path, no other way. No day but today.
 We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
 That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
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 We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
 That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
  And good from bad find no partition.