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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.
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.
Odd instances of strange coincidence.
Odd instances of strange coincidence.
How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and
accident, that such regular mutations and read more
How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and
accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be
begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The happy combination of fortuitous 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.]
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
By some fortuitous concourse of atoms.
[Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
By some fortuitous concourse of atoms.
[Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
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.
