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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.
The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
Who does the best that circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.
Who does the best that circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and
convenience of our lives.
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and
convenience of our lives.
Sir, my circumstances,
Being so near the truth as I will make them,
Must first induce you read more
Sir, my circumstances,
Being so near the truth as I will make them,
Must first induce you to believe; whose strength
I will confirm with oath, which I doubt not
You'll give me leave to spare when you shall find
You need it not.
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.
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.