Character Quote by Francois Guizot

Lofty souls are always inclined to make a virtue of misfortune.

— Honore de Balzac

Great minds always tend to see virtue in misfortune.

— Honore de Balzac

Moreover, nothing is so rare as to see misfortune fairly portrayed; the tendency is either to treat the unfortunate person as though catastrophe were…

— Simone Weil

With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's…

— Honore de Balzac

Finding permanent and universal causes for misfortune is the practice of despair...

— Martin Seligman

Misfortune makes of certain souls a vast desert through which rings the voice of God.

— Honore de Balzac

Even if misfortune is only good for bringing a fool to his senses, it would still be just to deem it good for something.

— Jean de La Fontaine

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things.

— Stanisław I Leszczyński

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

— Epicurus

For certain people, misfortune is a beacon that lights up the dark and baser sides of social life.

— Honore de Balzac

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.

— Bias of Priene

Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.

— Dorothy Parker