circumstance (n.)
- adjunct
- adventure
- affair
- appurtenance
- aspect
- axiom
- case
- circumstances
- component
- condition
- conditions
- constituent
- contents
- datum
- destiny
- detail
- doom
- element
- episode
- estate
- event
- experience
- fact
- factor
- feature
- finances
- fix
- fixings
- footing
- formality
- go
- hap
- happening
- happenstance
- heraldry
- incident
- income
- ingredient
- item
- jam
- kismet
- location
- lot
- modality
- mode
- occasion
- occurrence
- part
- particular
- pass
- phenomenon
- pickle
- place
- plain
- plight
- pomp
- portion
- position
- postulate
- posture
- predicament
- pride
- rank
- reality
- resources
- situation
- solemnity
- specialty
- spot
- standing
- state
- station
- status
- thing
- weird
Thy purpose firm is equal to the deed:
Who does the best his circumstance allows
Does well, acts nobly; angels could no more.
And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.
Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men.
The Retort Courteous; . . . the Quip Modest; . . . the Reply Churlish; . . . the Reproof Valiant; . . . the Countercheck Quarrelsome; . . . the Lie with Circumstance; . . . the Lie Direct.
O, now, for ever
Farewell the tranquil mind! farewell content!
Farewell the plumed troop and the big wars
That make ambition virtue! O, farewell!
Farewell the neighing steed and the shrill trump,
The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife,
The royal banner, and all quality,
Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war!
And, O you mortal engines, whose rude throats
The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit,
Farewell! Othello's occupation's gone!
I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse,—borne away with every breath!
