No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
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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.]

Chance generally favors the prudent.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide

Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
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Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.