The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.

For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

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.

The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]

The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]

Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

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.]

The long arm of coincidence.

The long arm of coincidence.