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• We make our own fortunes and call them our fate.
• Fate chooses our relationships; we choose our friends.
• To bear is to conquer our fate.
  -- Thomas Campbell (1777-1844) -- On visiting a Scene in Argyleshire...
• O love, could thou and I with fate conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, Might we not smash it to bits And mould it closer to our hearts' desire?
  -- Omar Khayyam [tr. FitzGerald]...
• O love, could thou and I with fate conspire To grasp this sorry scheme of things entire, Might we not smash it to bits And mould it closer to our hearts' desire?
  -- Omar Khayyam, tr. FitzGerald...
• Choice is an illusion. In reality, our lives are controlled by the society in which we live.
• Love is love's reward. -- John Dryde
• We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God.
  We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mastery over yourself....
• We achieve everything by our efforts alone. Our fate is not decided by an almighty God.
  We decide our own fate by our actions. You have to gain mastery over yourself....