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> [Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/instead-of-saying-that-man-is-the-creature-of-circumstance-it-would/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

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> [Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance. It is character which builds an existence out of circumstance. From the same materials one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-carlyle/instead-of-saying-that-man-is-the-creature-of-circumstance-it-would-2/)

[Thomas Carlyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-carlyle/)

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