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.]

The long arm of coincidence.

The long arm of coincidence.

Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

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.

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.]

Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.

Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.