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“In any problem where an opposing force exists and cannot be regulated, one must foresee and provide for alternative courses. Adaptability is the law which governs survival in war as in life ... To be practical, any plan must take account of the enemy's power to frustrate it; the best chance of overcoming such obstruction is to have a plan that can be easily varied to fit the circumstances met.”

War Problem Law Courses Force Chance Enemy Plans Military Fit Circumstances Mets Survival Overcoming Accounts Practicals Alternatives Opposing Adaptability Obstruction

Author:B. H. Liddell Hart

“It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.”

Turns Wise Circumstances Accounts

Book:Aesop's Fables: Fairy Tales, Folktales Collections

Source: Aesop's Fables: Fairy Tales, Folktales Collections

“It is sufficiently evident from many circumstances, that the doctrine of the divinity of Christ did not establish itself without much opposition, especially from the unlearned among the Christians, who thought that it savoured of Polytheism , that it was introduced by those who had had a philosophical education, and was by degrees adopted by others, on account of its covering the great offence of the cross , by exalting the personal dignity of our Saviour.”

Christian Christ Circumstances Degrees Dignity Crosses Accounts Philosophical Doctrine Divinity Opposition Evident Adopted Covering Saviour Offence Personal Dignity Polytheism

Book:A History of the Corruptions of Christianity

Source: A History of the Corruptions of Christianity

“Justice must take account of infinite circumstances which a human being cannot understand.”

Humans Justice Human Beings Circumstances Accounts Infinite

Book:Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom

Source: Attorney for the Damned: Clarence Darrow in the Courtroom

“God seems to have a delightful way of upsetting the things we have calculated on without taking Him into account. We get into circumstances which were not chosen by God, and suddenly we find we have been calculating without God; He has not entered in as a living factor. The one thing that keeps us from the possibility of worrying is bringing God in as the greatest factor in all our calculations.”

Way Has Beens Seems Worry One Thing Possibility Circumstances Accounts Chosen Factors Upset Delightful Calculations Without God Calculating Chosen By God

Book:My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

Source: My Utmost for His Highest Classic Edition

“Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.”

Littles Important Shows Order Impossible Circumstances Battle Accounts Relate Reliance

Book:The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index

Source: The dispatches of ... the duke of Wellington, compiled by lieut. colonel Gurwood. [With] Suppl. to vol. 1/3 [and] Index. [With] Index

“In self-examination, take no account of yourself by your thoughts and resolutions in the days of religion and solemnity; examine how it is with you in the days of ordinary conversation and in the circumstances of secular employment.”

Self Circumstances Conversation Ordinary Accounts Employment Resolution Secular Examination Solemnity Self-examination

Book:Readings for every day in Lent

Source: Readings for every day in Lent

“Information obtained under dubious circumstances cannot play a role in legal proceedings in a constitutional state. But everything that's available must be taken into account in threat prevention.”

States Play Roles Taken Information Circumstances Accounts Threat Available Prevention Proceeding Dubious

Author:Angela Merkel

“We take it into account from the very beginning and try to steer couples toward items that lend themselves to those circumstances. Sometimes we have to steer a little more forcefully - you can't fry French fries in the New York Public Library.”

Trying Littles Sometimes New York Couple Circumstances Accounts Library Items Steers Public Library Fries French Fries

Author:David Castle

“The problem the world faces today is that only one-third of the world's population lives in decent circumstances, while half the population of the world lives on one or two dollars a day. And even as we have this poverty and backwardness, we are facing a global environmental crisis. We need developmental models that will take into account the specific and unique position of each country and at the same time will address the environmental crisis.”

“Catholic theology accounts for the fact that there's evil in the world. People say, well, how could God let this happen. Well, what God did was set the mechanism in motion and then allow people to do the best they can under the circumstances that they're dealt in order to gain grace and get into heaven.”

People World Wells Facts Happens Order Evil Heaven Grace Circumstances Gains Accounts Catholic Theology Mechanism Do The Best

Author:Roger Ebert

“I entirely agree that a historian ought to be precise in detail; but unless you take all the characters and circumstances into account, you are reckoning without the facts. The proportions and relations of things are just as much facts as the things themselves.”

Character Facts Ought Circumstances Accounts Relation Agree Details Proportion Historian Precise Reckoning

Author:Dorothy L. Sayers

“And there I am, blushing and confused, made beautiful by Cinna’s hands, desirable by Peeta’s confession, tragic by circumstance, and by all accounts, unforgettable.”

Made Hands Beautiful Circumstances Accounts Confused Tragic Confession Desirable Peeta Katniss Unforgettable Blushing Cinna

Book:The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy

Source: The Hunger Games Complete Trilogy