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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
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.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
He has gone to the demnition bow-wows.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
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 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 leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
