Circumstances do not determine a man, they reveal him.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
Circumstances don't make a person; they reveal him or her.
A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes anothers.
Men still have to be governed by deception.
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
A person's mere propinquity to others independently suspected of criminal activity does not give rise to probable cause to search that person.
The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.
Many a man's reputation would not know his character if they met on the street.
Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.