Adversaries Quote by Anonymous

A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.

— Laozi

Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.

— Seneca the Younger

“Misfortune is liable to make me a damn bad man”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

How true it is that, sooner or later, the' most rebellious must bow beneath the yoke of misfortune!

— Madame de Stael

“The most unbearable misfortune is when you yourself become unjust, malignant, vile; you realize it, you even reproach yourself—but you just can’t help it.”

— Joseph Frank

“To lead a blameless life you must curb your passions , and whatever misfortune may befall you cannot be ascribed by anyone to want…

— Anonymous

“As those who have learned to rule their own mind will attest, misfortune is a state of mind long before it becomes a miserable…

— Guy Finley

“Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both…

— Lao Tzu

“[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by…

— Christine de Pizan

“All right, boy, skewer me. I've dropped my defenses, I'm an easy victim. Why, by now Your arrows practically know their own way to…

— Ovid

“The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, even—if you will—eccentricity.”

— Joseph Brodsky