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Misfortunes Quotes by Laozi
- When a country is in harmony with the Tao, the factories make trucks and tractors. When a country goes counter to the Tao, warheads are…
- The generals have a saying: "Rather than make the first move it is better to wait and see. Rather than advance an inch it is…
- No misfortune is worse than underestimating the enemy. Underestimating the enemy, I risk losing my treasure.
- There is no greater misfortune than greed.
- To bear the country's disgrace is to rule the shrines of soil and grain. To bear the country's misfortunes is to be the king of…
- There is no greater offence than harbouring desires. There is no greater disaster than discontent. There is no greater misfortune than wanting more.
- There is no greater sin than desire, No greater curse than discontent, No greater misfortune than wanting something for oneself. Therefore he who knows that…
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