Misfortune Quote by Publilius Syrus

“For the first time in his life he knew the bitterest sort of misfortune, misfortune beyond remedy, misfortune his own fault.”

— Leo Tolstoy

Never find delight in another's misfortune.

— Publilius Syrus

I have yet to hear an instance where misfortune hit a man because he worked overtime. I know lots of instances where it hit…

— Charles M. Schwab

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

— Dorothy Parker

Misfortune and Fortune are eerily similar, but Fortune is a better dresser and more fun at parties.

— Janette Rallison

Sometimes I joke that I'm an Elizabethan who's had the misfortune to be alive during the reign of the wrong Elizabeth.

— George Fetherling

... when something is detestable, and yet inevitable, what one must do is not merely to endure it-a hard task whatever one may do-but…

— Henry de Montherlant

Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to…

— Albert Camus

All men can bear a familiar, definite misfortune better than the cruel alternations of a fate which, from one moment to another, brings excessive…

— Honore de Balzac

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can…

— James F. Cooper

[It is hard to know what is good luck and what isn't and therefore whether we should be happy or sad about it. Only…

— Zelig Pliskin

When the sun is shining, think of the time it won't be, because even when you're sitting in your house with the doors shut,…

— Lisa See