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 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.] 
 And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
 And miscreator, makes and helps along
  Our coming evils, with a critch-like read more 
 And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
 And miscreator, makes and helps along
  Our coming evils, with a critch-like rod,
   Whose touch turns hope to dust--the dust we all have trod. 
 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. 
 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. 
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
 To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior 
Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is read more 
 To leave frivolous circumstances, I pray you tell Signior 
Lucentio that his father is come from Pisa and is here at the 
door to speak with him. 
 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.] 
 How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and 
accident, that such regular mutations and read more 
 How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and 
accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be 
begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms. 
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the creature of circumstances.