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The long arm of coincidence.
The long arm of coincidence.
 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.] 
This fearful concatenation of circumstances.
This fearful concatenation of circumstances.
 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. 
 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. 
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
 The massive gates of circumstance
 Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
  And thus some seeming pettiest chance
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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. 
 The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good 
to others.
 [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra read more 
 The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good 
to others.
 [Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.] 
 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.]