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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.

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Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

by Lord Byron Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Every one is the architect of his own fortune.

Every one is the architect of his own fortune.

by Mathurin Regnier Found in: Fate Quotes,
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'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
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'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
And of peasants kings.

by John Dryden Found in: Fate Quotes,
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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.

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What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide

What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide

by William Shakespeare Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Yet who shall shut out Fate?

Yet who shall shut out Fate?

by Edwin Arnold Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
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Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever sky's above me,
Here's a heart for every fate.

by George Gordon Noel Byron Found in: Fate Quotes,
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The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.

The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.

by Ira Frederick Aldridge Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

by Elizabeth Bowen Found in: Fate Quotes,
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