Misfortune is a fine opiate to personal terror.

The adrenaline of being somewhere no one has ever been before is, or at least not for thousands of years, is quite extraordinary and…

— Tony Robinson

... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but…

— Henry de Montherlant

“The swathe of misfortune is a twisted repellent cloth, one we turn our nose at, as we mutter, no thanks. But is hardship ever…

— Nancy-Gail Burns

Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to…

— Albert Camus

“When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth     —Persian Proverb”

— Jennifer Fallon

All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive…

— Honore de Balzac

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can…

— James F. Cooper

[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only…

— Zelig Pliskin

It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.

— Voltaire

“Modern man’s misfortune lies not in having to live a mediocre life, but in believing that he could live one that is not mediocre.”

— Nicolás Gómez Dávila

When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut,…

— Lisa See

Being single was never my misfortune. It's my choice and my decision.

— Jomari Consuelo

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

— Seneca the Younger

Many things would be changed for Americans if they would only admit that there is ill-luck in this world and that misfortune is not…

— Simone de Beauvoir

If we cannot meet our everyday surroundings with equanimity and pleasure and grow each day in some useful direction, then... life is on the…

— Luther Burbank