Accidental

Famous quotes containing the word accidental:

“It is with benefits as with injuries in this respect, that we do not so much weigh the accidental good or evil they do us, as that which they were designed to do us.—That is, we consider no part of them so much as their intention.”
—Laurence Sterne (1713–1768)

“Of your philosophy you make no use
If you give place to accidental evils.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“The accidental causes of science are only “accidents” relatively to the intelligence of a man.”
—Chauncey Wright (1830–1875)