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Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him
Relatives are the worst friends, said the fox as the dogs took after him
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur read more
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur in altum
Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]
Fate has carried me
'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
Not shrink and let read more
Fate has carried me
'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast
To pierce another.
