Misfortune Comes Quotes
- Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred… — Aeschylus
- Opportunity beckons more surely when misfortune comes upon a person than it ever does when that person is riding the crest of a wave of… — Epictetus
- That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and… — Haruki Murakami
- in prosperity prayers seem but a mere medley of words, until misfortune comes and the unhappy sufferer first understands the meaning of the sublime language… — Alexandre Dumas