Calamities Quote by Ambrose Bierce Download Open image “Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.” — Ambrose Bierce ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Calamities Fortune Good fortune Kinds Misfortunes Misfortunes Misfortunes Good Two Wealth
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves. — William Davenant Copy Share Image
The calamities of tragedy do not simply happen, nor are they sent; they proceed mainly from actions, and those the actions of men.We see… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
You may regret calamities if you can thereby help the sufferer, but if you cannot, mind your own business. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone… — Benjamin Disraeli Copy Share Image
There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
The suffering and calamity are, moreover, exceptional. They befall a conspicuous person. They are themselves of some striking kind. They are also, as a… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
An optimist sees and opportunity in every calamity. A pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity — Anonymous Copy Share Image
OBSESSED, p.p. Vexed by an evil spirit, like the Gadarene swine and other critics. Obsession was once more common than it is now. Arasthus… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
DECIDE, v.i. To succumb to the preponderance of one set of influences over another set. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
REVIEW, v.t. To set your wisdom (holding not a doubt of it./ Although in truth there's neither bone nor skin to it)/ At work… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
CLOCK, n. A machine of great moral value to man, allaying his concern for the future by reminding him what a lot of time… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RUBBISH, n. Worthless matter, such as the religions, philosophies, literatures, arts and sciences of the tribes infesting the regions lying due south from Boreaplas. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
There was never a genius who was not thought a fool until he disclosed himself; whereas he is a fool then only. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Telephone, n. An invention of the devil which abrogates some of the advantages of making a disagreeable person keep his distance. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected affliction that strikes hard. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
RIDICULE, n. Words designed to show that the person of whom they are uttered is devoid of the dignity of character distinguishing him who… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If the Richter scale could measure human calamities, the loss of a child would register a ten. — Letty Cottin Pogrebin Copy Share Image
Mama Nature is kinda good, but does spank he who plays tricks on her! — Jean-Paul Malfatti Copy Share Image
It is from the level of calamities, not that of every-day life, that we learn impressive and useful lessons. — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable. — Miguel de Cervantes Copy Share Image
Apart from the emergency aid we provide to alleviate the sufferings of victims of natural disasters, calamities and crises, we worked for transforming U.A.E.'s… — Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan Copy Share Image
Now an army is exposed to six several calamities, not arising from natural causes, 1 but from faults for which the general is responsible.… — Sun Tzu Copy Share Image
“In Book VIII of the Odyssey we read that the gods weave misfortunes into the pattern of events to make a song for future… — Jorge Luis Borges Copy Share Image
As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, we must be prepared as the latest technology permits… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
