Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.

Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.

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.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

Fate is nothing but the deeds committed in a prior state of existence.

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.

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

Many things happen between the cup and the lip.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.

Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
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Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.

Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.