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Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still read more
Stern fate and time
Will have their victims; and the best die first,
Leaving the bad still strong, though past their prime,
To curse the hopeless world they ever curs'd
Vaunting vile deeds, and vainest of the worst.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
All human things are subject to decay,
And when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
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.
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the read more
Rowe's Rule: the odds are five to six that the light at the end
of the tunnel is the headlight of an oncoming train.
