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circumstance quotes

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“He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances.” David Hume, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
“It always remains true that if we had been greater, circumstance would have been less strong against us.” George Eliot, Middlemarch
“For it is not what happens to me that makes me great, but it is what I do, and there is surely no one who thinks that a man became great because he won the great prize in the lottery.” Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

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