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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8041 William Ernest Henley 1849-1903 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8041
AUTHOR:William Ernest Henley (1849–1903)
QUOTATION:It matters not how strait the gate,
  How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate,
  I am the captain of my soul. 1 
ATTRIBUTION:To R. T. H. B.
 
Note 1.
Arise, O Soul, and gird thee up anew,
  Though the black camel Death kneel at thy gate;
No beggar thou that thou for alms shouldst sue:
  Be the proud captain still of thine own fate.
James Benjamin Kenyon. [back]