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Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of
night, time out of space, read more
Art and power will go on as they have done,--will make day out of
night, time out of space, and space out of time.
Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
No trumpets sound when the important decisions of our life are made. Destiny is made known silently.
Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
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!
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.
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.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All read more
Nature is at work.. Character and destiny are her handiwork. She gives us love and hate, jealousy and reverence. All that is ours is the power to choose which impulse we shall follow.