..but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune. — Edith Wharton Copy Share Image
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early. — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
“That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to hate! -- Do… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
The man with the real sense of humor is the man who can put himself in the spectator's place and laugh at… — Bert Williams Copy Share Image
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother — William Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress. — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
In misfortune we often mistake dejection for constancy; we bear it without daring to look on it; like cowards, who suffer themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is a misfortune incident to republican government, though in a less degree than to other governments, that those who administer it,… — James Madison Copy Share Image
Events are never absolute, their outcome depends entirely upon the individual. Misfortune is a stepping stone for a genius, a piscina for… — Honore de Balzac Copy Share Image
“Whatever the hardship of life, and whatever the harshness of test and trial was, the same fate with which our misfortune is… — Mohamed Adly Copy Share Image
“You know you're prepared for what's next in life when the possibility of misfortune is at your door and it doesn't matter… — Jeffrey G. Duarte Copy Share Image
You have doubtless heard, my dear mother, the misfortune of Madame de Chartres, whose child is born dead. But I would rather… — Marie Antoinette Copy Share Image
Instead of dwelling on the misfortunes of yesterday be grateful for the power of today. Becoming aware of this life lesson will… — Kemmy Nola Copy Share Image
Do not grieve. Misfortune will happen to the wisest and best of men. Death will come, always out of season. It is… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
“But if love is a human sickness and a mental weakness, it must not be blamed as mistake, but claimed as misfortune.” — Gorgias of Leontini Copy Share Image
The effect of great and inevitable misfortune is to elevate those souls which it does not deprive of all virtue. — Francois Guizot Copy Share Image
Some days bring misfortunes such as Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. — Mohammad MUSTAFA Copy Share Image
The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good. — Luc de Clapiers Copy Share Image
Heaven forbid! -- That would be the greatest misfortune of all! -- To find a man agreeable whom one is determined to… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
“To lose one child, Mr. DeTamble, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose three looks like carelessness.” — Audrey Niffenegger Copy Share Image
“You don’t want to be loved for your misfortune; I don’t want to be loved for my possessions. Are we not similar… — Julianne Donaldson Copy Share Image
Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. — Epicurus Copy Share Image
The dower of great beauty has always been misfortune, since happiness and beauty do not agree together. — Pedro Calderon de la Barca Copy Share Image
“The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself—but you just can’t… — Joseph Frank Copy Share Image
What passes out of one's mouth passes into a hundred ears. It is a great misfortune not to have sense enough to… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
To be brave in misfortune is to be worthy of manhood; to be wise in misfortune is to conquer fate. — Agnes Repplier Copy Share Image
“All this, this luck – what did it mean? Coming so suddenly, and on such a scale, it was as baffling as… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
“to live the American Dream, which is, of course, to benefit from someone else’s misfortune.” — John Green Copy Share Image
This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred… — Simon Armitage Copy Share Image
One likes people much better when they're battered down by a prodigious siege of misfortune than when they triumph. — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune. — William McFee Copy Share Image
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. — Lydia M. Child Copy Share Image
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“Real misfortune is not just a matter of being hungry and thirsty; it is a matter of knowing that there are people… — Ousmane Sembène Copy Share Image
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody. — Baltasar Gracian Copy Share Image
“What a sad misfortune is to have body in one place and soul in another...I love to feel free...” — Lynne Withey Copy Share Image
When Opportunity came, the person didn't realize it because it came in the form of misfortune. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
It is the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoy it completely. — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
