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Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Tempted fate will leave the loftiest star.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Each man is the architect of his own fate.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.
But God is the judge: he putteth down one, and setteth up
another.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
A person must stand very tall to see their own fate.
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.
'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
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'Tis Fate that flings the dice,
And as she flings
Of kings makes peasants,
And of peasants kings.
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm read more
Fate steals along with silent tread,
Found oftenest in what least we dread;
Frowns in the storm with angry brow,
But in the sunshine strikes the blow.