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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
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
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?
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.]
