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Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.
The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.
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.]
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Fate is not an eagle, it creeps like a rat.
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Destiny has two ways of crushing us -- by refusing our wishes and by fulfilling them.
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Fate is for those too weak to determine their own destiny.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.
Yet what are they, the learned and the great?
Awhile of longer wonderment the theme!
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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,
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
Can you make a mistake and miss your fate?
