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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
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.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
The great, read more
The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
The great, the important day, big with the fate
Of Cato, and of Rome.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
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Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits.
