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So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
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.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
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.]
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
Circumstances beyond my individual control.
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.]
