“Just let your hand drop; and let fate decide for you.”
Choke
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American novelist, essayist 1962Related quotes
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The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), XI : The Practical Problem
Context: More than a century ago, in 1804, in Letter XC of that series that constitutes the immense monody of his Obermann, Sénancour wrote the words which I have put at the head of this chapter — and of all the spiritual descendants of the patriarchal Rousseau, Sénancour was the most profound and intense; of all the men of heart and feeling that France has produced, not excluding Pascal, he was the most tragic. "Man is perishable. That may be; but let us perish resisting, and if it is nothingness that awaits us, do not let us so act that it shall be a just fate." Change this sentence from it negative to the positive form — "And if it is nothingness that awaits us, let us so act that it shall be an unjust fate" — and you get the firmest basis of action for the man who cannot or will not be a dogmatist.
“Their fate will be in each other's hands as they decide whether to share or to shaft.”
Shafted, 2001
Frequently shown as a running joke on Have I Got News For You
Balsamo the Magician (or The Memoirs of a Physician) by Alex. Dumas (1891)
“Work but use your head as well as your hands, trust in God and He will never let you down.”
The Cork Examiner (1955)