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Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
To bear is to conquer our fate.
Fate has carried me
'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
Not shrink and let read more
Fate has carried me
'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--
Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breast
To pierce another.
Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
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Success, the mark no mortal wit,
Or surest hand, can always hit:
For whatsoe'er we perpetrate,
We do but row, we're steer'd by Fate,
Which in success oft disinherits,
For spurious causes, noblest merits.
Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll,
Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.
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Kabira wept when he beheld the millstone roll,
Of that which passes 'twixt the stones, nought goes forth whole.
- Edward B. Eastwick,
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Every one is the architect of his own fortune.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
