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Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
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.
Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is not the creature of circumstances,
Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Man is not the creature of circumstances,
Circumstances are the creatures of men.
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
