Quote#God & Faith
Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident
Quote byRichard Chenevix Trench · 1807–1886
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Sonnet, The Story of Justin Martyr and Other Poems; reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 190-92..
English (original)
Thou cam'st not to thy place by accident, It is the very place God meant for thee; And should'st thou there small room for action see, Do not for this give room for discontent.
— Richard Chenevix Trench
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