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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.

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Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

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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.]

by Titus Livy Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

by Daniel Webster Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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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.

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Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

by William Cowper Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
And miscreator, makes and helps along
Our coming evils, with a critch-like read more

And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
And miscreator, makes and helps along
Our coming evils, with a critch-like rod,
Whose touch turns hope to dust--the dust we all have trod.

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For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.

For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.

by Thomas A. Kempis Found in: Circumstance Quotes,
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To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior
Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is read more

To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior
Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is here at the
door to speak with him.

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I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

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