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Circumstances beyond my individual control.
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
Condition, circumstance, is not the thing;
Bliss is the same in subject or in king.
Condition, circumstance, is not the thing;
Bliss is the same in subject or in king.
Who does the best that circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.
Who does the best that circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.
Epicureans, that ascribed the origin and frame of the world not
to the power of God, but to the read more
Epicureans, that ascribed the origin and frame of the world not
to the power of God, but to the fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not
circumstances by the plans.
[Lat., Consilia res magis dant read more
Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not
circumstances by the plans.
[Lat., Consilia res magis dant hominibus quam homines rebus.]
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
The long arm of coincidence.
The long arm of coincidence.
