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Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur read more
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur in altum
Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
We create our fate every day we live
We create our fate every day we live
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.
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.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
been fated should not have taken read more
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
been fated should not have taken place.
[Lat., Nulla vis humana vel virtus meruisse unquam potuit, ut,
quod praescripsit fatalis ordo, non fiat.]
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
