Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.

Accidental and 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.]

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.]

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

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.

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.