I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves. — Gail Anderson-Dargatz Copy Share Image
It can even come about that a created will cancels out, not perhaps the exertion, but the result of divine action; for… — Joseph de Maistre Copy Share Image
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire Copy Share Image
We want to create a sort of linguistic Lourdes, where evil and misfortune are dispelled by a dip in the waters of… — Robert Hughes Copy Share Image
One must not try to trick misfortune,but resign oneself to it with good grace. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There is no hell like that of a selfish heart, and there is no misfortune so great as that of not being… — Julia Ward Howe Copy Share Image
I don't like to read or write about life in its tiring entirety. Most days, months, even years are just filler between… — Gary Lutz Copy Share Image
They who lack talent expect things to happen without effort. They ascribe failure to a lack of inspiration or ability, or to… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death. — Agathon Copy Share Image
The Culture of Complaint... We live in a culture of complaint because everyone is always looking for things to complain about. It's… — Alexander McCall Smith Copy Share Image
We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out.… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it… — Boris Pasternak Copy Share Image
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
He who hopes to avoid all failure and misfortune is trying to live in a fairyland; the wise man realistically accepts failures… — Wilferd Peterson Copy Share Image
In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled! [People who get upset and worried at the first sign of… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
