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"It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us."
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"The beginning of an acquaintance whether with persons or things is to get a definite outline of our ignorance."
Ignorance
"The presence of a noble nature, generous in its wishes, ardent in its charity, changes the lights for us: we begin to see things again in their larger, quieter masses, and to believe that we too can be seen and judged in the wholeness of our character."
Character
"The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions."
Happiness
"It's easy finding reasons why other folks should be patient."
Behavior
"A woman dictates before marriage in order that she may have an appetite for submission afterwards."
Relationship
"Fate has carried me'Mid the thick arrows: I will keep my stand--Not shrink and let the shaft pass by my breastTo pierce another."
Power
"Consequences are unpitying."
Consequence
"More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us."
Wisdom
"Timid people always reek their peevishness on the gentle."
Behavior
"Eros has degenerated; he began by introducing order and harmony, and now he brings back chaos."
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"I do not pretend to write much of a letter. You know under what circumstances I am writing."
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"So often we try to alter circumstances to suit ourselves, instead of letting them alter us, which is what they are meant to do."
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"Don't wait for extraordinary circumstance to do good; try to use ordinary situations."
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"Circumstances define us; they force us onto one road or another, and then they punish us for it."
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"A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match."
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"A happy person is not a person in a certain set of circumstances, but rather a person with a certain set of attitudes."
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Personal Development
"To know all about anything is to know how to deal with it under all circumstances."
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Personal Development
"How well Shakespeare knew how to improve and exalt little circumstances, when he borrowed them from circumstantial or vulgar historians."
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"I am I plus my circumstances."
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Personal Development
"I am favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it's possible."
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Personal Development
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