Archive

Quotes

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

—Niccolò Machiavelli, 1531

Little folks become their little fate.

—Horace, c. 20 BC

Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.

—Cleanthes, c. 250 BC

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.

—Edmund Burke, 1790

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

—Oscar Wilde, 1893
  •