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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.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
There is no fate that cannot be surmounted by scorn.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
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.]
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
Fate leads the willing and drags along the unwilling.
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.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.
As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse
causeless shall not come.
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.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.
Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends.