I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances.
Napoleon Bonaparte
We must all yield to the logic of the situation.
It’s interesting to hear Napoleon state that he was purely the victim of circumstance. That must have been one hell of a chaotic time.