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To bear is to conquer our fate.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
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.]
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
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.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
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Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits.
