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    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.

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Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.

by Seneca Found in: Fate Quotes,
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They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur read more

They are raised on high that they may be dashed to pieces with a
greater fall.
[Lat., Tolluntur in altum
Ut lapsu gaviore ruant.]

by Claudian (claudianus) Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Each man is the architect of his own fate.

Each man is the architect of his own fate.

by Appius Claudius Found in: Fate Quotes,
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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.

by Arthur Schopenhauer Found in: Fate Quotes,
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'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.

by John Dryden Found in: Fate Quotes,
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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.]

by Thomas Campbell Found in: Fate Quotes,
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The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.

The bow is bent, the arrow flies,
The winged shaft of fate.

by Ira Frederick Aldridge Found in: Fate Quotes,
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Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

Thy fate is the common fate of all; Into each life some rain must fall.

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The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
The great, read more

The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,
And heavily in clouds brings on the day,
The great, the important day, big with the fate
Of Cato, and of Rome.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Fate Quotes,
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