Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

Actual happiness always looks pretty squalid in comparison with the overcompensations for misery. And, of course, stability isn't nearly so spectacular as instability. And being… — Aldous Huxley
I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world. — Charles Dickens
In the land of Ingary where such things as seven-league boots and cloaks of invisibility really exist, it is quite a misfortune to be born… — Diana Wynne Jones
Every reiteration of the idea that _nothing matters_ debases the human spirit. Every reiteration of the idea that there is no drama in modern life,… — David Mamet
When the soul suffers too much, it develops a taste for misfortune. — Albert Camus
Ron," said Hermione in a dignified voice, "you are the most insensitive wart I have ever had the misfortune to meet. — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation. — Dorothy Parker
..but it seemed to him that the tie between husband and wife, if breakable in prosperity, should be indissoluble in misfortune. — Edith Wharton
Holding this book in your hand, sinking back in your soft armchair, you will say to yourself: perhaps it will amuse me. And after you… — Honore de Balzac
There is a determined though unseen bravery that defends itself foot by foot in the darkness against the fatal invasions of necessity and dishonesty. Noble… — Victor Hugo
He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift… — Cormac McCarthy
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault. — Abraham Lincoln
for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him. — Jane Austen
Perhaps if we saw what was ahead of us, and glimpsed the follies, and misfortunes that would befall us later on, we would all stay… — Daniel Handler
It is perhaps the misfortune of my life that I am interested in far too much but not decisively in any one thing; all my… — Soren Kierkegaard
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable… — Marjane Satrapi
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf) — Jeffrey R. Holland
People who have only good experiences aren't very interesting. They may be content, and happy after a fashion, but they aren't very deep. It may… — Peter Cameron
Consider the black widow spider. It's a timid little beastie, useful and, for my taste, the prettiest of the arachnids, with its shiny, patent-leather finish… — Robert A. Heinlein
Misfortune does not help us to believe. — Alexandre Dumas
Desperate? So what? I'm desperate, too!" Fenoglio snapped at her. "My story is foundering in misfortune, and these hands here," he said holding them out… — Cornelia Funke
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
Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position: all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The great majority of us are required to live a constant, systematic duplicity. Your health is bound to be affected by it if, day after… — Boris Pasternak
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune — William Faulkner

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