Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?

Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll,
Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.
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Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll,
Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.
- Edward B. Eastwick,

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

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.

Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
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Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,
To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd
Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.

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.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

To bear is to conquer our fate.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.