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> [“Michel de Montaigne noted four centuries ago: “My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ury/michel-de-montaigne-noted-four-centuries-ago-my-life-has-been-full-of/)

[William Ury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ury/)

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> [“My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes — most of which never happened. Mark Twain”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kornfield/my-life-has-been-filled-with-terrible-misfortunes-most-of-which-never/)

[Jack Kornfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kornfield/)

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> [My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michel-de-montaigne/my-life-has-been-full-of-terrible-misfortunes-most-of-which-never/)

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

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> [“The bad thing about terrible misfortunes, the kind that tear us apart and appear to be unendurable, is that those who suffer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/javier-mar-as/the-bad-thing-about-terrible-misfortunes-the-kind-that-tear-us-apart/)

[Javier Marías](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/javier-mar-as/)

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> [There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-de-la-bruyere/there-exist-some-evils-so-terrible-and-some-misfortunes-so-horrible/)

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

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