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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.

by William Cowper Found in: Fate Quotes,
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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.]

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Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.

by Elizabeth Bowen 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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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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Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.

by Lord Byron Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Chance generally favors the prudent.

Chance generally favors the prudent.

by Joseph Joubert 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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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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