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There is no armor against fate.

The glories of our blood and state, Are shadows, not substantial things; There is no armour against fate, Death lays his icy hand on kings. Scepter and crown must tumble down, And, in the dust, be equal made With the poor crooked scythe and spade.

Immortality - a fate worse than death.

Bishop Berkeley destroyed this world in one volume octavo; and nothing remained, after his time, but mind; which experienced a similar fate from the hand of Mr. Hume in 1737.

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio movie with a big red box covering up a shot. I take pride in that - and, of course, in having avoided the fate of Eyes Wide Shut.

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.

In July, 1892, fate suddenly granted me financial independence.

It is the fate of operating systems to become free.

I generally wade in blind and trust to fate and instinct to see me through.

The fate of a child is in the hands of his parents.

All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate.

My whole life has been decided by fate.

How unfair the fate which ordains that those who have the least should be always adding to the treasury of the wealthy.

If you do not create your destiny, you will have your fate inflicted upon you.

It is what a man thinks of himself that really determines his fate.

Actions are the seed of fate deeds grow into destiny.

What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate.

In days of doubt, in days of dreary musings on my country's fate, you alone are my comfort and support, oh great, powerful, righteous, and free Russian language!

People without firmness of character love to make up a fate for themselves; that relieves them of the necessity of having their own will and of taking responsibility for themselves.

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.