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Misfortunes Quotes by Jorge Luis Borges
- All that happens to us, including our humiliations, our misfortunes, our embarrassments, all is given to us as raw material, as clay, so that we…
- Blindness has not been for me a total misfortune; it should not be seen in a pathetic way. It should be seen as a way…
- A writer - and, I believe, generally all persons - must think that whatever happens to him or her is a resource. All things have…
- A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even…
- The gods weave misfortunes for men, so that the generations to come will have something to sing about.” Mallarmé repeats, less beautifully, what Homer said;…
More Misfortunes Quotes
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. — Aristotle
- Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius
- Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but… — 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
- Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. — Francis Bacon
- Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of… — 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
- The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. — A. C. Benson
- Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce