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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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Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

by Robert Burton Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

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Chance generally favors the prudent.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

by Joseph Joubert Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever read more

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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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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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.

by John Dryden Found in: Fate Quotes,
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But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.

But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.

by Bible Found in: Fate Quotes,
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He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

by Charles Dickens Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why read more

Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be
deceived?

by Bishop Joseph Butler Found in: Fate Quotes,
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