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It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever read more
Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever sky's above me,
Here's a heart for every fate.
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.
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why read more
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be
deceived?
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm read more
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm with angry brow,
But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
