Fate made me what I am, may make me nothing; / But either that or nothing must I be; / I will not live degraded. Byron.
Fate steals along with silent tread, / Found 5 oftenest in what least we dread; / Frowns in the storm with angry brow, / But in the sunshine strikes the blow. Cowper.
Fatetur facinus is qui judicium fugit—He who shuns a trial confesses his guilt. L.
Father of all! in every age, / In every clime adored, / By saint, by savage, and by sage, / Jehovah, Jove, or Lord. Pope.
Fathers alone a father's heart can know, / What secret tides of sweet enjoyment flow / When brothers love! But if their hate succeeds, / They wage the war, but 'tis the father bleeds. Young.
Fathers first enter bonds to Nature's ends; / And are her sureties ere they are a friend's. George Herbert.
Fathers that wear rags / Do make their children 10 blind; / But fathers that wear bags / Do make their children kind. King Lear, ii. 4.
Fathers their children and themselves abuse / That wealth a husband for their daughters choose. Shirley.
Fatigatis humus cubile est—To the weary the bare ground is a bed. Curt.
Fatta la legge, trovata la malizia—As soon as a law is made its evasion is found out. It. Pr.