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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 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.]
Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.
Sow an act...reap a habit; Sow a habit...reap a character; Sow a character...reap a destiny.
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is read more
Everything is determined, the beginning as well as the end, by forces over which we have no control. It is determined for the insect, as well as for the star. Human beings, vegetables, or cosmic dust, we all dance to a mysterious tune, intoned in the distance by an invisible piper.
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.
We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
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We shall be winnowed with so rough a wind
That even our corn shall seem as light as chaff
And good from bad find no partition.
Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?
Think you I bear the shears of destiny?
Have I commandment on the pulse of life?
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.