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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and
convenience of our lives.
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and
convenience of our lives.
The massive gates of circumstance
Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
And thus some seeming pettiest chance
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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.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good
to others.
[Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra read more
The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good
to others.
[Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.]
The long arm of coincidence.
The long arm of coincidence.
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.
