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Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.
Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies,
Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.
Here burns my candle out; ay, here it dies,
Which, whiles it lasted, gave King Henry light.
For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]
For rarely man escapes his destiny.
[It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.
Men heap together the mistakes of their lives and create a monster they call destiny.
I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who read more
I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.
For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge read more
For I am a weed,
Flung from the rock, on Ocean's foam, to sail,
Where'er the surge may sweep, the tempest's breath prevail.
The irrevocable Hand
That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut
The portals of our read more
The irrevocable Hand
That opes the year's fair gate, doth ope and shut
The portals of our earthly destinies;
We walk through blindfold, and the noiseless doors
Close after us, forever.
I feel that I am a man of destiny.
[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals read more
I feel that I am a man of destiny.
[Ger., Ich fuhl 's das ich der Mann des Schicksals bin.]
All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.
All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.