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Calamity Quotes by Epictetus
- When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they do…
- A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one…
More Calamity Quotes
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- Suffering becomes beautiful when anyone bears great calamities with cheerfulness, not through insensibility but through greatness of mind. — Aristotle
- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown… — Joseph Addison
- Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce
- It is an easy thing for one whose foot is on the outside of calamity to give advice and to rebuke the… — Aeschylus
- There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice… — Eldridge Cleaver
- When you meet with crosses and calamities, say, "Now I see God's justice and God's truth; now I see the hatefulness and… — William Whately
- Prohibit the taking of omens, and do away with superstitious doubts. Then, until death itself comes, no calamity need be feared. — Sun Tzu