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Accident: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

Chapter of accidents.— BURKE — Notes for Speeches (edition 1852). Vol. II. P. 426.

Chapter of accidents.— EARL OF CHESTERFIELD — Letter,

February 16, 1753. To what happy accident is it that we owe so unexpected a visit?— GOLDSMITH — Vicar of Wakefield. Ch. XIX.

Our wanton accidents take root, and grow To vaunt themselves God's laws.— CHARLES KINGSLEY — Saint's Tragedy. Act II. Sc. 4.

At first laying down, as a fact fundamental, That nothing with God can be accidental.— LONGFELLOW — Christus. The Golden Legend. Pt. VI.

By many a happy accident.— THOMAS MIDDLETON — No Wit, no Help, like a Woman's. Act IV. Sc. 1.

I have shot mine arrow o'er the house And hurt my brother.— Shakespeare — Hamlet. Act V. Sc. 2. L. 254.

Moving accidents by flood and field. Othello. Act 1. Sc. 3. L. 135. The chapter of accidents is the longest chapter in the book. Attributed to JOHN WILKES by— SOUTHEY — The Doctor. Ch. CXVIII.

The accident of an accident. S.— LORD THURLOW — Speech in reply to

Lord Grafton.

Nichts unter der Sonne ist Zufall-am wenigsten das wovon die Absicht so klar in die Augen leuchtet. Nothing under the sun is accidental, least of all that of which the intention is so clearly evident.— LESSING — Emilia Galotti. IV. 3.

Was der Ameise Vernunft mühsam zu Haufen schleppt, jagt in einem Hui der Wind des Zufalls zusammen. What the reason of the ant laboriously drags into a heap, the wind of accident will collect in one breath.— SCHILLER — Fiesco. Act II. Sc. 4.