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    Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll,
    Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.
    - Edward B. Eastwick,

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There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.

by Albert Camus 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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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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It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.

by Arthur Schopenhauer Found in: Fate Quotes,
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What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou read more

What need I fear of thee? But yet I'll make assurance double sure, and take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live; That I may tell pale-hearted fear it lies, And sleep in spite of thunder

by William Shakespeare Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

by Ovid 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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Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall read more

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,

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Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the read more

Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.

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