#circumstance

Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her. ↗

— Richard Carlson

#her #him #make #person #reveal

In politics a capable ruler must be guided by circumstances, conjectures and conjunctions. ↗

— Catherine II

#circumstances #conjectures #guided #must #politics

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

— Joshua Chamberlain

#circumstances #i #i am #i do #know

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. ↗

— Camille Claudel

#been #circumstance #costume #excuse #i

We all want to escape our circumstances, don't we? Especially if you are an actor. ↗

— Benedict Cumberbatch

#circumstances #escape #especially #our #want

The circumstances of human society are too complicated to be submitted to the rigor of mathematical calculation. ↗

— Marquis De Custine

#circumstances #complicated #human #human society #mathematical

If it is an imperfect word, no external circumstance can heighten its value as poetry. ↗

— John Drinkwater

#external #heighten #imperfect #poetry #value

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances. ↗

— Henry Louis Gates

#ascribe #back #brilliant #calculating #circumstances

In the event of a victory over Germany by Soviet Russia and England, Bolshevism in Europe would inevitably follow. Under these circumstances I would prefer to see Germany win the war. ↗

— Pierre Laval

#circumstances #england #europe #event #follow

With any actor, if you know your character well enough, you'll know pretty much what he would say under any circumstance, or whatever situation might rear its head. ↗

— Denis Leary

#any #character #circumstance #enough #head