Light Quote by Elizabeth Gaskell

Individual misfortunes give rise to the general good; so that the more individual misfortunes exist, the more all is fine.

— Voltaire

contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it.

— Mignon G. Eberhart

Happy are those who find fault with themselves instead of finding fault with others.

— Muhammad

“But any great happiness is a bright light, a challenge to fate to do its worst. There must not be people who are too…

— Georges Rodenbach

The common excuse for those bringing misfortune on others is that they desire their good.

— Luc de Clapiers

I think it bothers people to see people that are happy and successful. So they try to find what's wrong with them.

— Celine Dion

The tragedy of too many people is that they cannot allow happiness just to be there; they cannot leave it alone. Their sense of…

— Nathaniel Branden

“There is only one real misfortune: to forfeit one's own good opinion of oneself. To have lost one's self-respect: that is what unhappiness is.…

— Thomas Mann

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

— Aesop

There are so many people who make their fortunes of the misfortunes of others. I don't know if it's because the world is too…

— Michael Shannon

People who give importance to their happiness make other peoples unhappy from themselves.

— Anonymous

“Those who lack a central purpose in life fall prey to worries, fears, and petty troubles, and end up stuck in self-pity. They may…

— James Allen