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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.
The wine is poured, you should drink it.
[Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]
The wine is poured, you should drink it.
[Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
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.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still read more
Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,
To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd
Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.
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.
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.
