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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still read more
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.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
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.
