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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
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.
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.]
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
The long arm of coincidence.
The long arm of coincidence.
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.
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 I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself
to circumstances.
[Lat., Et mihi res, non read more
And I endeavour to subdue circumstances to myself, and not myself
to circumstances.
[Lat., Et mihi res, non me rebus, subjungere conor.]
