I have set my life upon a cast,
And I will stand the hazard of the die.
Alea iacta est. The die has been cast.
I am an an honest man
From where the palm tree grows,
And I want, before I die,
to cast these verses from my soul.
Death on the cross means to suffer and to die as one rejected and cast out. It was by divine necessity that Jesus had to suffer and be rejected. Any attempt to hinder what is necessary is satanic.
But, no. It was too late. Fortune’s die was cast. The cruel game had to be played to its end, no matter what anyone wanted.
It is debasing to die the way one does; it is intolerable to be exposed to an end over which we have no control, an end which lies in wait for us, overthrows us, casts us into the unnameable. ?
Using the proverb frequently in their mouths who enter upon dangerous and bold attempts, "The die is cast," he took the river.
By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.
Caesar exclaimed: "Let us accept this as a sign from the Gods, and follow where they beckon, in vengeance on our double-dealing enemies. The die is cast."