Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes. — Bertolt Brecht Copy Share Image
Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We carry about us the burden of what thousands of people have said and the memories of all our misfortunes. To abandon… — Anonymous 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 was my misfortune-or salvation-to be at all times perfectly conscious of my misperceptions of reality. — Susanna Kaysen Copy Share Image
There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune… — Lafcadio Hearn Copy Share Image
To those who live by the land there must always come times of hardship, of fear and of hunger, even as there… — Kamala Markandaya Copy Share Image
The person who truly wishes to be healed is he who does not refuse treatment. This treatment consists of the pain and… — Maximus the Confessor Copy Share Image
... the English think of an opinion as something which a decent person, if he has the misfortune to have one, does… — Margaret Halsey Copy Share Image
Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him;… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Misfortune is the root of good fortune; good fortune gives birth to misfortune. — Laozi 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
It is our failure to become our perceived ideal that ultimately defines us and makes us unique. It's not easy, but if… — Conan O'Brien Copy Share Image
The mere word freedom is the only one that still excites me. I deem it capable of indefinitely sustaining the old human… — Andre Breton Copy Share Image
Have recourse trustfully to Gods loving kindness and He will not forsake you, for He longs to bestow His graces. Though you… — Margaret Mary Alacoque Copy Share Image
That abominable and sensual act called reading the newspaper, thanks to which all the misfortunes and cataclysms in the universe over the… — Marcel Proust Copy Share Image
Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. — Stendhal 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
Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
. . . The books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like… — Franz Kafka Copy Share Image
