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No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived read more
No matter under what circumstances you leave it, home does not cease to be home. No matter how you lived there-well or poorly.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often read more
A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
No object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly.
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am
The people and circumstances around me do not make me what I am, they reveal who I am
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.
Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or read more
Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will-whatever we may think.
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any read more
He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances
It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
