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Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the read more
Unhappy is the fate of one who tries to win his battles and succeed in his attacks without cultivating the spirit of enterprise, for the result is waste of time and general stagnation.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
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.] 
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
 Fate has carried me
 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
  Not shrink and let read more 
 Fate has carried me
 'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
  Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast
   To pierce another. 
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
 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.]