Fatalism Quote
“It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.”
-Honore de Balzac
“Fatalism is a false premise. What will be is not necessarily what must be.”
-Pearl S. Buck
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