Then fate o’errules, that, one man holding troth,
A million fail, confounding oath on oath.
– William Shakespeare
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act 3, Scene 2. Puck refuses to take responsibility for his error in putting the love charm into the eyes of Lysander instead of Demetrius. Instead he blames it on fate, cynically saying that for every man who is faithful to his love, a million others are not.