All things are in the hand of ...

All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove\'s daughters, shuts men\'s eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them.
All things are in the hand of heaven, and Folly, eldest of Jove's daughters, shuts men's eyes to their destruction. She walks delicately, not on the solid earth, but hovers over the heads of men to make them stumble or to ensnare them.

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Here, therefore, huge and mighty warrior though you be, here shall you die.
O Friends, be men, and let your hearts be strong And let no warrior in the heat of fight, Do what may bring him shame in others' eyes
once it slips through a man's clenched teeth.
And twins ev'n from the birth are Misery and Man!
Men grow tired of sleep, love, singing and dancing sooner than of war.