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"He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance."
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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."

"I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances."

"I came from poverty and was part of those circumstances."

"We are all victims because of the circumstances, but I'm not sure what to say to any one who has lost a loved one. I know the feeling myself, and words just don't do much to ease the pain."

"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."

"So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do."

"Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations."

"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."

"We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within."

"I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn't a person in the United States who couldn't identify with him. He is everything, he is everybody; he makes the same mistakes that we all make."
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