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title: "22 Great Misfortune Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 22 Great Misfortune quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Great Misfortune sayings and thoughts."
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> [I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-russell-mitford/i-have-had-a-great-misfortune-my-dear-old-dog-is-dead/)

[Mary Russell Mitford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-russell-mitford/)

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> [“No one is exempt from speaking nonsense. The great misfortune is to do it solemnly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/no-one-is-exempt-from-speaking-nonsense-the-great-misfortune-is-to-do/)

[Michel de Montaigne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michel-de-montaigne/)

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> [Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/great-good-nature-without-prudence-is-a-great-misfortune/)

[Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/)

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> [Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/men-cling-to-life-even-at-the-cost-of-enduring-great-misfortune/)

[Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/)

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> [Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-de-la-bruyere/such-a-great-misfortune-not-to-be-able-to-be-alone/)

[Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-de-la-bruyere/)

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> [It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baltasar-gracian/it-is-a-great-misfortune-to-be-of-use-to-nobody-scarcely-less-to-be/)

[Baltasar Gracian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baltasar-gracian/)

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> [My soul is my great asset and my great misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/my-soul-is-my-great-asset-and-my-great-misfortune/)

[D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/)

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> [This great misfortune, to be incapable of solitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-de-la-bruyere/this-great-misfortune-to-be-incapable-of-solitude/)

[Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-de-la-bruyere/)

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> [It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-de-la-bruyere/it-is-a-great-misfortune-not-to-possess-sufficient-wit-to-speak-well/)

[Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-de-la-bruyere/)

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> [It is a great misfortune neither to have enough wit to talk well nor enough judgment to be silent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-de-la-bruyere/it-is-a-great-misfortune-neither-to-have-enough-wit-to-talk-well-nor/)

[Jean de la Bruyere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-de-la-bruyere/)

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> [The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/the-door-could-not-be-heard-slamming-they-had-probably-left-it-open/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

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> [What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/desiderius-erasmus/what-passes-out-of-one-s-mouth-passes-into-a-hundred-ears-it-is-a/)

[Desiderius Erasmus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/desiderius-erasmus/)

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> [Love feels like a great misfortune, a monstrous parasite, a permanent state of emergency that ruins all small pleasures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/slavoj-i-ek/love-feels-like-a-great-misfortune-a-monstrous-parasite-a-permanent/)

[Slavoj Žižek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/slavoj-i-ek/)

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> [It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/it-is-my-great-misfortune-that-i-have-to-measure-your-love-by-the/)

[Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/)

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> [It is a great misfortune to be alone, my friends; and it must be believed that solitude can quickly destroy reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jules-verne/it-is-a-great-misfortune-to-be-alone-my-friends-and-it-must-be/)

[Jules Verne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jules-verne/)

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> [Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-valery/man-s-great-misfortune-is-that-he-has-no-organ-no-kind-of-eyelid-or/)

[Paul Valery](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-valery/)

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> [For an enemy so relentless in the war for our subjugation, we could not be expected to mourn; yet, in view of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jefferson-davis/for-an-enemy-so-relentless-in-the-war-for-our-subjugation-we-could/)

[Jefferson Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jefferson-davis/)

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> [It ought to be considered a great misfortune, not only for individuals, but also for Houses and Congregations, to have everything in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-vincent/it-ought-to-be-considered-a-great-misfortune-not-only-for-individuals/)

[St. Vincent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-vincent/)

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> [“And even though we may be involved with the most important affairs, achieve distinction or fall into some great misfortune- all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/and-even-though-we-may-be-involved-with-the-most-important-affairs/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [“And even if we are occupied by most important things, if we attain to honour, or fall into great misfortune -- still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/and-even-if-we-are-occupied-by-most-important-things-if-we-attain-to/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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> [“It is a great misfortune, that any portion of your time should be spent in reading or thinking about matters of this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/it-is-a-great-misfortune-that-any-portion-of-your-time-should-be/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/great-fortune-brings-with-it-great-misfortune/)

[George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/)

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