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Tempted fate
will leave the loftiest star.
-- Lord Byron
1788-1824, British Poet
But now our
fate from unmomentous things, may rise like rivers out of
little springs.
-- Campbell
The men and
woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given
up hope of doing something else...some defect of talent or
opportunity has cut them off from their pet ambition and has
thus left them with leisure to take an interest in their
lives of others. Your ambition may be, it makes him keep his
thoughts at home. But the heartbroken people -- if I may use
the word in a mild, benevolent sense -- the people whose
wills are subdued to fate, give us consolation, recognition,
and welcome.
-- John Jay Chapman
1862-1933, American Author
Death and life
have their determined appointments; riches and honors depend
upon heaven.
-- Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical
Teacher, Philosopher
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The wheel of
fortune turns round incessantly, and who can say to himself,
''I shall today be uppermost.''
-- Confucius
BC 551-479, Chinese Ethical
Teacher, Philosopher
We make our
fortunes and we call them fate.
-- Benjamin Disraeli
1804-1881, British Statesman,
Prime Minister
All things are
subject to decay and when fate summons, monarchs must obey.
-- John Dryden
1631-1700, British Poet,
Dramatist, Critic
Seek not to
know what must not be reveal, for joy only flows where fate
is most concealed. A busy person would find their sorrows
much more; if future fortunes were known before!
-- John Dryden
1631-1700, British Poet,
Dramatist, Critic
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