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?

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.

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.

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

Destiny is something we've invented because we can't stand the fact that everything that happens is accidental.

Truly some men there be
That live always in great horrour,
And say it goeth by destiny
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Truly some men there be
That live always in great horrour,
And say it goeth by destiny
To hang or wed: both hath one hour;
And whether it be, I am well sure,
Hanging is better of the twain;
Sooner done, and shorter pain.

Character is fate. (Destiny)

Character is fate. (Destiny)

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Intellect annuls fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

Men are what their mothers made them.

Men are what their mothers made them.

A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of
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A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of
the fish that hath fed of that worm.