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Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
 The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
 And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
  The great, read more 
 The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
 And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
  The great, the important day, big with the fate
   Of Cato, and of Rome. 
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
 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. 
 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. 
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
 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, 
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.