Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want. — Albert Einstein
There are many self-help books by Ph.D.s, but I hold a different degree: an I.B.T.I.A.-I've Been Through It All. This degree comes not on parchment… — Joan Rivers
My childhood was surrounded by trouble, illness, and my dad's alcoholism, but as I said, we just didn't have the time to be impressed by… — James Cagney
For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand. — Laura San Giacomo
I am not happy that I am sick. I am not happy that I have AIDS. But if that is helping others, I can at… — Rock Hudson
This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses… — Lionel Barrymore
After rain comes sunshine; After darkness comes the glorious dawn. There is no sorrow without its alloy of joy; there is no joy without its… — Obafemi Awolowo
Misfortunes often sharpen the genius. — Unknown Author
Misfortunes, untoward events, lay open, disclose the skill of a general, while success conceals his weakness, his weak points. — Horace
There are some arts which to those that possess them are painful, but to those that use them are helpful, a common good to laymen,… — Hippocrates
I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own. — Arthur Rimbaud
If it is true that only misfortune can awaken a man's soul, it is a bitter truth, one that is hard to hear and accept,… — Maxim Gorky
I'm not advocating the strenuous life for everyone or trying to say it's the choice form of life. Anyone who's had the luck or misfortune… — Ernest Hemingway
If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless. — Richard Armour
Those who have never been ill are incapable of real sympathy for a great many misfortunes — Andre Gide
Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live… — Russell Lynes
The most fortunate of us, in our journey through life, frequently meet with calamities and misfortunes which may greatly afflict us; and, to fortify our… — Thomas Jefferson
Whether you call my heart affectionate, or you call it womanish: I confess, that to my misfortune, it is soft. — Unknown Author
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. — Socrates
If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own… — Socrates
Better to be unborn than untaught, for ignorance is the root of all misfortune. — Plato
Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they… — Plato
The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. — Austin O'Malley
Never find your delight in another's misfortune. — Publilius Syrus
And what shall he suffer who slays him who of all men, as they say, is his own best friend? I mean the suicide, who… — Plato

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