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So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
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.]
The long arm of coincidence.
The long arm of coincidence.
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.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
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.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
