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.

Character is fate. (Destiny)

Character is fate. (Destiny)

They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.

They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.

Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

Every man meets his Waterloo at last.

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.