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Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall read more
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
Who shall presume to prophesy their date,
Where nought is certain save the uncertainty of fate?
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why read more
Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of
them will be what they will be; why then should we desire to be
deceived?
The wine is poured, you should drink it.
[Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]
The wine is poured, you should drink it.
[Fr., Le vin est verse, il faut le boire.]
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
Many things happen between the cup and the lip.
