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Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before read more
Destiny is the prison and chain of the ignorant. Understand that destiny like the water of the Nile: Water before the faithful, blood before the unbeliever.
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.
Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
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Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole to keep the wind away.
O, that that earth which kept the world in awe
Should patch a wall t' expel the winter's flaw!
Truly some men there be
That live always in great horrour,
And say it goeth by destiny
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Truly some men there be
That live always in great horrour,
And say it goeth by destiny
To hang or wed: both hath one hour;
And whether it be, I am well sure,
Hanging is better of the twain;
Sooner done, and shorter pain.
It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.
It's choice--not chance--that determines your destiny.
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.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
Every man meets his Waterloo at last.
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.