Misfortune Quotes

498 Misfortune quotes by 347 unique authors

Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it,… — Wole Soyinka
The misfortune to be born when I was, where I was. That was a piece of bad luck. — Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
There now exists a factor which was formerly lacking - the spirit of the nation has been aroused, and a common misfortune, a common debasement,… — Jose Rizal
In the greater number of cases that have come under my observation, freedom has been a serious misfortune to the manumitted slave, and he has… — Roger B. Taney
Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate. — Virgil
Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. — Tacitus
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. — William James
Your dear baby has died innocent and blameless, and has been called away by an all wise and merciful Creator, most probably from a life… — George Mason
Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune. — Ferdinand Lassalle
In the same proportion Russia is the misfortune of Europe and the Israelites. — Isaac Mayer Wise
No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. — Alexander Herzen
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune. — Aeschylus
Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune. — Hesiod
Love is an attachment to another self. Humor is a form of self-detachment - a way of looking at one's existence, one's misfortune, or one's… — Fran Lebowitz
It is a matter of great satisfaction to me to hope that my children will be in circumstances to receive a good education. Mine was… — Sam Houston
Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of… — Benjamin Disraeli
Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies — Buddha
Courage is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is… — Dorothy Thompson
...the books we need are the kind that act upon us like a misfortune, that make us suffer like the death of a person we… — Franz Kafka
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
Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so… — French Proverb
Disappointment or misfortune don't last long among us, the poor; we can't live if we brood on them the whole time — Unknown Author
Age is the most terrible misfortune that can happen to any man; other evils will mend, this is every day getting worse. — George James
(Twain on Cain): it was his misfortune to live in a dark age that knew not the beneficent Insanity Plea. — Mark Twain
Better be unborn than unthoughtful,for ignorance is the root of misfortune... — Jesse Joseph

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