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Man proposes, and God disposes.
For rarely man escapes his destiny.
When the devil grows old he turns hermit.
Nature made him, and then broke the mold.
We soon believe the things we would believe.
They think they have God Almighty by the toe.
Who seems most hideous when adorned the most.
From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
I regret not death. I am going to meet my friends in another world.
Cruelty ever proceeds from a vile mind, and often from a cowardly heart.
For rarely man escapes his destiny. [It., Che l'uomo il suo destin fugge di raro.]
Such fire was not by water to be drowned, nor he his nature changed by changing ground.
Such fire was not by water to be drown'd, Nor he his nature changed by changing ground. [Lat., Ne spegner puo per star nell'acqua il foco; Ne puo stato mutar per mutar loco.]