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.

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our read more

But you can catch yourself entertaining habitually certain ideas and setting others aside; and that, I think, is where our personal destinies are largely decided.

Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.

Fate is what happens to you when your luck runs out.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

Fame comes only when deserved, and then is as inevitable as destiny, for it is destiny.

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

If a man is destined to drown, he will drown even in a spoonful of water.

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.

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.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

Upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

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.