Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him. — Jane Austen
It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my… — Soren Kierkegaard
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable… — Marjane Satrapi
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf) — Jeffrey R. Holland
People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It may… — Peter Cameron
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish… — Robert A. Heinlein
Misfortune does not help us to believe. — Alexandre Dumas
Desperate? So what? I'm desperate, too!" Fenoglio snapped at her. "My story is foundering in misfortune, and these hands here," he said holding them out… — Cornelia Funke
The truly creative mind in any field is no more than this: A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive. To him... a touch is a… — Pearl S. Buck
Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it if, day after… — Boris Pasternak
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune — William Faulkner
There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. Lose your complacency, once betray your own self-contempt and the world… — Thomas Mann
she thought it was the misfortune of poetry, to be seldom safely enjoyed by those who enjoyed it completely; and that the strong feelings which… — Jane Austen
Can human nature ever be wholly and radically transformed? Can the man whom God made good be made wicked by man? Can the soul be… — Victor Hugo
My misfortune is doubly painful to me because it will result in my being misunderstood. For me there can be no recreation in the company… — Ludwig van Beethoven
Milton Friedman’s misfortune is that his economic policies have been tried. — John Kenneth Galbraith
She was heartily ashamed of her ignorance - a misplaced shame. Where people wish to attach, they should always be ignorant. To come with a… — Jane Austen
We must meet reverses boldly, and not suffer them to frighten us, my dear. We must learn to act the play out. We must live… — Charles Dickens
Truly I was born to be an example of misfortune, and a target at which the arrows of adversary are aimed. — Miguel de Cervantes
The door could not be heard slamming; they had probably left it open, as is the custom in homes where a great misfortune has occurred. — Franz Kafka
But Gregor understood easily that it was not only consideration for him which prevented their moving, for he could easily have been transported in a… — Franz Kafka
The misfortune of a young man who returns to his native land after years away is that he finds his native land foreign; whereas the… — Brian Aldiss
Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst. — Bernard Beckett
It is a natural propensity to attribute misfortune to someone's malignity. — Bertrand Russell

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