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Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm read more
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm with angry brow,
But in the sunshine strikes the blow.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur read more
They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur in altum
Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]
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.
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.
