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No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
been fated should not have taken read more
No power or virtue of man could ever have deserved that what has
been fated should not have taken place.
[Lat., Nulla vis humana vel virtus meruisse unquam potuit, ut,
quod praescripsit fatalis ordo, non fiat.]
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
Accuracy, Rule of: When working toward the solution of a
problem, it always helps if you know the answer.
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.
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.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends.
About the time we think we can make ends meet, somebody moves the
ends.
Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy: A memorandum is written not to
inform the reader but to protect the writer.
Acheson's Rule of Bureaucracy: A memorandum is written not to
inform the reader but to protect the writer.
Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever read more
Here's a sigh to those who love me,
And a smile to those who hate;
And whatever sky's above me,
Here's a heart for every fate.