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No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
been fated should not have taken read more
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
been fated should not have taken place.
[Lat., Nulla vis humana vel virtus meruisse unquam potuit, ut,
quod praescripsit fatalis ordo, non fiat.]
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall read more
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou read more
What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.
All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
