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Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall read more
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
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.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
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.
What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou read more
What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder
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.
