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No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
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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.]
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
'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.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
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.
