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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.
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 we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only
what is ugly and evil from the read more
Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only
what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which
supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial
flowers--to the daily life of others.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.