Even-handed fate Hath but one law for small and great…

Evenhanded fate hath but one law for small and great; the ample urn holds all men's names.

— Horace

For by the will of the gods Fate hath held sway since ancient days.

— Aeschylus

Fate hath no voice but the heart's impulse.

— Friedrich Schiller

So few women have any clear idea of the power their ordinary beauty holds over so many of us men.

— Thomas Adcock

The most unambiguous sign that a person holds men in low esteem is this, that he either acknowledges them merely as means to his…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery.

— Seneca the Younger

“Belief in the Law of Small Numbers.”

— Daniel Kahneman

While the gentleman cherishes benign rule, the small man cherishes his native land. While the gentleman cherishes a respect for the law, the small…

— Confucius

Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way. It's good for the hygiene of the brain.

— Terry Pratchett

“Everyone should occasionally break the law in some small and delightful way, Drumknott. It’s good for the hygiene of the brain.”

— Terry Pratchett

Fate with impartial hand turns out the doom of high and low; her capacious urn is constantly shaking the names of all mankind.

— Horace

Man blindly works the will of fate. [Ger., Blindlings that er blos den Willen des Geschickes.]

— Christoph Martin Wieland

“To be a Sufi is to detach from fixed ideas and from preconceptions; and not to try to avoid what is your lot.”

— Idries Shah

When you have counted eighty years and more, Time and Fate will batter at your door; But if you should survive to be a…

— Khushwant Singh

Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

— Fergus Henderson