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    The massive gates of circumstance
    Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
    And thus some seeming pettiest chance
    Oft gives our life its after-tinge.
    The trifles of our daily lives,
    The common things, scarce worth recall,
    Whereof no visible trace survives,
    These are the mainsprings after all.

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For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.

For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.

by Thomas A. Kempis Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

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What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could
effect.
[Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]

What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could
effect.
[Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]

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I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

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F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr.
------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which read more

F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr.
------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he
has no control.

by Daniel Webster Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

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Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.

Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.

by Thomas Hardy Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

by William Cowper Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and
accident, that such regular mutations and read more

How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and
accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be
begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.

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