All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.

All, soon or late, are doom'd that path to tread.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Destiny. A tyrant's authority for crime and a fool's excuse for failure.

Life treads on life, and heart on heart;
We press too close in church and mart
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Life treads on life, and heart on heart;
We press too close in church and mart
To keep a dream or grave apart.

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.]

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.

In life, the only certainty is uncertainty.

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.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

My death and life,
My bane and antidote, are both before me.

They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.

They only fall, that strive to move,
Or lose, that care to keep.

People don't come into your life by accident. Everyone that crosses your path serves a purpose.

People don't come into your life by accident. Everyone that crosses your path serves a purpose.