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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Let those deplore their doom,
Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:
But lofty souls, who read more
Let those deplore their doom,
Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn:
But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb,
Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
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.
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
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.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.
