Adversity Quote by Boethius

“Nam in omni adversitate fortunae infelicissimum est genus infortunii, fuisse felicem. For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man…

— Robert Galbraith

For in all adversity of fortune the worst sort of misery is to have been happy.

— Boethius

“The greatest misery in adverse fortune is once to have been happy.”

— Boethius

“The observation of the numerous misfortunes that attend all conditions forbids us to grow insolent upon our present enjoyments, or to admire a man's…

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Happy is the man who can endure the highest and lowest fortune. He who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity has deprived misfortune of…

— Seneca the Younger

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.

— Alphonse Karr

“It has been observed in all ages that the advantages of nature or of fortune have contributed very little to the promotion of happiness;…

— Samuel Johnson

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair...

— Martin Seligman

For in every ill-turn of fortune the most unhappy sort of unfortunate man is the one who has been happy

— Boethius

“To be “happy” you must constantly bear in mind the miseries you have escaped. This would be a way for memory to redeem itself,…

— Emil M. Cioran

“Many lives are disrupted by tragic accidents, and even the most fortunate are subjected to stresses of various kinds. Yet such blows do not…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their…

— Genghis Khan