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Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing colour and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.
View quotes by Edmund Burke

Men are the sport of circumstances when it seems circumstances are the sport of men.
View quotes by Lord Byron

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

View quotes by Benjamin Disraeli

He is happy whose circumstances suit his temper but he is more excellent who can suit his temper to any circumstances
View quotes by David Hume

The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and, if they can't find them, make them.
View quotes by George Bernard Shaw

"Dwell upon the brightest parts in every prospect... and strive to be pleased with the present circumstances."
View quotes by Abraham Tucker

Do not hover always on the surface of things, nor take up suddenly, with mere appearances; but penetrate into the depth of matters, as far as your time and circumstances allow, especially in those things which relate to your profession.
View quotes by Isaac Watts

No circumstances can make it necessary for a man to burst in sunder all the ties of humanity.
View quotes by John Wesley

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
View quotes by Joseph Addison

Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
View quotes by Warren Buffett

Extraordinary people survive under the most terrible circumstances and they become more extraordinary because of it.
View quotes by Robertson Davies

I can not think of any circumstances in which advertising would not be an evil.
View quotes by Arnold Toynbee

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man-and also a nation.
View quotes by Adlai Stevenson

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.
View quotes by Cesare Pavese

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
View quotes by Henry Fielding

Attitude is more important than the past, than education, than money, than circumstances, than what people do or say. It is more important than appearance, giftedness, or skill.
View quotes by W C Fields

Do not wait for extraordinary circumstances to do good action; try to use ordinary situations.
View quotes by Jean Paul Richter

We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and romantic.
View quotes by Mary Wortley Montagu

The truth is that a lost empire, lost power and lost wealth provide perfect circumstances for living happily and contentedly in our enchanted island.
View quotes by Malcolm Muggeridge

Because of our social circumstances, male and female are really two cultures and their life experiences are utterly different.
View quotes by Kate Millett



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