Misfortunes Quotes

609 Misfortunes quotes by 400 unique authors

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes. — Charles Portis
There's no greater misfortune than dying alone. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Enjoy the present, bid defiance to the future, laugh at all those reasonable beings who exercise their reason to avoid the misfortunes which they fear,… — Giacomo Casanova
Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone. — Jean de la Bruyere
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;… — Jorge Luis Borges
Misfortune nobly born is good fortune. — Marcus Aurelius
My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo — Victor Hugo
Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
The strength I'm looking for isn't the type where you win or lose. I'm not after a wall that'll repel power coming from outside. What… — Haruki Murakami
The lack of power to take joy in outdoor nature is as real a misfortune as the lack of power to take joy in books — Theodore Roosevelt
I will love you as misfortune loves orphans, as fire loves innocence, and as justice loves to sit and watch while everything goes wrong. — Daniel Handler
Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation. — Honore de Balzac
Sounds a little like my quote for the week. Do you want to hear it? This is by Augustine: O soul, He only who created… — Robin Jones Gunn
This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture. Keep hold of what you have, it will harm no other, for hatred comes home to… — Simon Armitage
People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well that misfortune stalks them. — Victor Hugo
The higher man is distinguished from the lower by his fearlessness and his readiness to challenge misfortune. — Friedrich Nietzsche
The wisest were just the poor and simple people. They knew the war to be a misfortune, whereas those who were better off, and should… — Erich Maria Remarque
It is not true that fate slips silently into our lives. It steps in through the door that we have opened, and we invite it… — SÃ¡ndor MÃ¡rai
Misfortune is no excuse for cruelty. — Ned Vizzini
Helen Keller became deaf, dumb, and blind shortly after birth. Despite her greatest misfortune, she has written her name indelibly in the pages of the… — Napoleon Hill
Christianity remains to this day the greatest misfortune of humanity. — Friedrich Nietzsche
They must take me for a fool, or even worse, a lunatic. And no wonder ,for I am so intensely conscious of my misfortune and… — Miguel de Cervantes
There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason. — Mikhail Bulgakov
Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love but still for… — Franz Kafka

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