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title: "4 Creature Circumstance Quotes by 3 authors"
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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…](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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> [“Don't be blown around by the winds of time, avoid being a creature of circumstance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-redhead/don-t-be-blown-around-by-the-winds-of-time-avoid-being-a-creature-of/)

[steven redhead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-redhead/)

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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…](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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> [“I am a bundle of other people's histories, a creature of circumstance.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lionel-shriver/i-am-a-bundle-of-other-people-s-histories-a-creature-of-circumstance/)

[Lionel Shriver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lionel-shriver/)

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