Quotes About Fate

a man who may not, like you, have seen all the kingdoms on earth, but who helped to overthrow one of the most powerful; a man who did not, like you, claim to be one of the envoys of God, but of the Supreme Being, not of Providence but of Fate. Well, Monsieur, the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain put an end to all that, not in a day, not in an hour, but in a second.

Then, casting a glance on the handsome young man, who was scarcely twenty-five years of age, and whom he was leaving in his gore, deprived of sense and perhaps dead, he gave a sigh for that unaccountable destiny which leads men to destroy each other for the interests of people who are strangers to them and who often do not even know that they exist.

How odd and inexplicable are the paths of destiny. What intention did Providence have by ruining the one who it has raised up, and raising up the one who it has ruined?

But tell me," said Beauchamp, "what is life? Is it not a hall in Death's anteroom?

Hasta el día en el que dios se digne descifrar el porvenir al hombre, toda sabiduría humana estará resumida en dos palabras: Confiar y Esperar.

par un de ces bonheurs inespérés qui arrivent parfois à ceux sur lesquels la rigueur du sort s'est longtemps lassée

Vi sono esistenze predestinate in cui un primo sbaglio sconvolge l'intero avvenire.

Ainsi Dantès, qui, il y a trois mois, n'aspirait qu'à la liberté, n'avait déjà plus assez de la liberté et aspirait à la richesse; la faute n'en était pas à Dantès, mais à Dieu, qui, en bornant la puissance de l'homme, lui a fait des désirs infinis!

Voi donne, viceversa, ben di rado siete tormentate dai rimorsi, giacché ben di rado la decisione origina da voi, le vostre sventure quasi sempre sono il crimine altrui.

Ah,' said I, after four hours' work, 'since we are sinking, let us sink; we can die but once.

Yes, that's as may be; but what about the condemned man?' 'Also a dream, except that he remained asleep, while you woke up. Who can tell which of you is the more fortunate?

La colpa non era di Dantès bensì di Dio che, limitando la potenza dell'uomo, gli ha creato desideri infiniti.

the sins of the fathers shall fall upon their children to the third and fourth generation.

Melancholy in a capitalist, like the appearance of a comet, presages some misfortune to the

fortuna, señor conde?

Eh! sire, that is the fate of truth; she is a stern companion; she bristles all over with steel; she wounds those whom she attacks, and sometimes him who speaks her.

Death does not reckon by years; it is impartial; some die young, some reach old age.

Digo que el amor es una lotería en la que el que gana, gana la muerte. Sois muy afortunado por haber perdido, creedme, mi querido D'Artagnan. Y si tengo algún consejo que daros, es perder siempre.

Woman was created for our destruction, and it is from her we inherit all our miseries.

Nos, Margit, esküdjék meg, hogy ha meghalok önért - mint ahogy valami szomorú elÅ'érzet súgta -, megÅ'rzi és néha-néha megcsókolja ezt a fejet, melyet hóhér választ el a törzsétÅ'l.

D'Artagnan wondered at the fragile and unknown threads from which the fates of nations and the lives of men are sometimes hung.

Quanto a Bonaparte, mais uma vez impelido pelo destino para Paris, centro dos grandes acontecimentos, retomou a vida obscura e oculta que tanto lhe pesava.

Woman was created for our ruin, and it is from her that all our miseries come.

Era venuto il momento di fissare lo sguardo sullo spettro implacabile che cammina a fianco di ogni creatura umana e che a ogni pulsazione del cuore le grida: Tu morrai