Time

"Sæpius ventis agitatur ingens Pinus, et celsæ graviore casu Decidunt terres feriuntque summos Fulgura montes."

"I do not know beneath what sky Nor on what seas shall be thy fate; I only know it shall be high, I only know it shall be great."

"No one is so accursed by fate, No one so utterly desolate, But some heart, though unknown, Responds unto his own."

"Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?"

"ἦθος ἀνθρώπῳ δαίμων"

"'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, "Woe to the dupe that yields to Fate!""

"Toil is the lot of all, and bitter woe The fate of many."

"Though men determine, the gods doo dispose: and oft times many things fall out betweene the cup and the lip."

"Why doth IT so and so, and ever so, This viewless, voiceless Turner of the Wheel?"

"Jove lifts the golden balances that show The fates of mortal men, and things below."

"Der Mensch erfährt, er sei auch wer er mag, Ein letztes Glück und einen letzten Tag."

"Du musst (herrschen und gewinnen, Oder dienen und verlieren, Leiden oder triumphiren), Amboss oder Hammer sein."

"Each curs'd his fate that thus their project cross'd; How hard their lot who neither won nor lost."

"Yet, ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise."

"One common fate we both must prove; You die with envy, I with love."

"And not a man appears to tell their fate."

"All human things are subject to decay, And when fate summons, monarchs must obey."

"Tolluntur in altum Ut lapsu graviore ruant."

"'Tis Fate that flings the dice, And as she flings Of kings makes peasants, And of peasants kings."

"To bear is to conquer our fate."

"Le vin est versé, il faut le boire."

"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."

"Necessity and chance Approach not me, and what I will is fate."

"Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate."

"On est, quand on veut, maître de son sort."

"With equal pace, impartial Fate Knocks at the palace, as the cottage gate."

"Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis."

"Human effort can be used for self-betterment and that there is no such thing as an external fate imposed by the gods."

"Vivite felices, quibus est fortuna peracta Jam sua: nos alia ex aliis in fata vocamur."

"A pig which was about to be slaughtered by the pig-butcher squealed. (The butcher said:) "Your ancestors and forebears walked this road, and now you too are walking it, so why are you squealing?""

"Fate is a wet bank; it can make one slip."

"The Oracle: You're going to have to make a choice. In the one hand you'll have Morpheus' life and in the other hand you'll have your own. One of you is going to die. Which one will be up to you. I'm sorry, kiddo, I really am. You have a good soul, and I hate giving good people bad news. Oh, don't worry about it. As soon as you step outside that door, you'll start feeling better. You'll remember you don't believe in any of this fate crap. You're in control of your own life, remember? Here, take a cookie. I promise, by the time you're done eating it, you'll feel right as rain."

"Let me tell you about my fate: it is an insult. Let me explain it to you: it is a disgrace. Were I to tell my neighbour about my fate, he would heap insults upon me. I looked into the water. My destiny was drifting past. I was born on an ill-fated day."

"As the old hermit of Prague … said,… "That that is, is.""

"Fate is a dog, well able to bite."

"Fate is a raging storm blowing over the Land."

"Fate, show thy force; ourselves we do not owe; What is decreed must be, and be this so."

"Wyrd bið ful aræd."

"What should be spoken here, where our fate, Hid within an auger-hole, may rush, and seize us?"

"Fates, we will know your pleasures: That we shall die we know; 'tis but the time And drawing days out, that men stand upon."

"But yet I'll make assurance double sure, And take a bond of fate: thou shalt not live."

"What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide."

"If thou read this, O Cæsar, thou mayst live; If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive."

"But, O vain boast! Who can control his fate?"

"GaeS a wyrd swa hio scel."

"My fate cries out, And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Numean lion's nerve."

"Eat, speak, and move, under the influence of the most received star; and though the devil lead the measure such are to be followed."

"Our wills and fates do so contrary run That our devices still are overthrown; Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our own."

"You fools! I and my fellows Are ministers of Fate; the elements Of whom your swords are temper'd, may as well Wound the loud winds, or with bemock'd-at stabs Kill the still-closing waters, as diminish One dowle that's in my plume."

"O God! that one might read the book of fate, And see the revolutions of the times Make mountains level, and the continent Weary of solid firmness, melt itself Into the sea!"