Misfortune Quotes

498 quotes by 359 authors

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this… — Marcus Aurelius
A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. — Jane Austen
It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin. — Teresa of Avila
Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity. — Russell Baker
We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. — Honore de Balzac
A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. — Joseph Addison
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred… — Aeschylus
The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice. — Harry Browne
Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune? — Elias Canetti
Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. — Chanakya
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be… — Lord Chesterfield
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. — Lydia M. Child
No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone. — Marcus Tullius Cicero
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us. — Emile M. Cioran
Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a… — Christopher Reeve
Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences. — Walter Alston
Each misfortune you encounter will carry in it the seed of tomorrow's good luck. — Og Mandino
He who olny does not appreciate floral beauty is to be pitied like any other man who is born inperfect. It is a misfortune not… — Henry Ward Beecher
The Society is based on that great bottom law of human right, that nothing but crime can forfeit liberty. That no condition of birth, no… — Theodore Dwight Weld

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