Calamity Quote by William Davenant Download Open image “Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.” — William Davenant ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Calamity Glasses Perfect
CALAMITY, n. A more than commonly plain and unmistakable reminder that the affairs of this life are not of our own ordering. Calamities are… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The calamities of tragedy do not simply happen, nor are they sent; they proceed mainly from actions, and those the actions of men.We see… — A. C. Bradley Copy Share Image
No personal calamity is so crushing that something true and great can't be made of it — Bill W Copy Share Image
The calamity of war, wherever, whenever and upon whomever it descends, is a tragedy for the whole of humanity. — Raisa Gorbacheva Copy Share Image
“This is how people behave when their dailiness is destroyed, when for a few moments they see, plain and unadorned, one of the great… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
When a man has calamity upon calamity the world generally concludes that he must be a very wicked man to deserve them. Perhaps the… — Amelia Barr Copy Share Image
There is only one calamity: ignorance. And there is only one solution: enlightenment. — Jaggi Vasudev Copy Share Image
Actions rare and sudden do commonly proceed from fierce necessity, of else from some oblique design, which is ashamed to show itself in the… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
Aubade THE lark now leaves his wat'ry nest, And climbing shakes his dewy wings. He takes this window for the East, And to implore… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
Praise and Prayer PRAISE is devotion fit for mighty minds, The diff'ring world's agreeing sacrifice; Where Heaven divided faiths united finds: But Prayer in… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
For in a dearth of comforts, we art taught To be contented with the least. — William Davenant Copy Share Image
Go! dive into the Southern Sea, and when Th'ast found, to trouble the nice sight of men, A swelling pearl, and such whose single… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
How beautiful is sorrow when it is dressed by virgin innocence! it makes felicity in others seem deformed. — William Davenant Copy Share Image
To be rich be diligent; move on Like heav'ns great movers that enrich the earth; Whose moment's sloth would show the world undone; And… — William Davenant Copy Share Image
The only people who think the Internet is a calamity are people whose lives have been hurt by it; the only people who insist… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
Forgetting your Self is the greatest injury; all the calamities flow from it. Take care of the most important, the lesser will take care… — Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj Copy Share Image
The compensations of calamity are made apparent to the understanding also, after long intervals of time. A fever, a mutilation, a cruel disappointment, a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
When men are unhappy, they do not imagine they can ever cease to be so; and when some calamity has fallen on them, they… — Epictetus Copy Share Image
In spite of calamity, He still has a plan for me, And it’s working for my good, And it’s building my testimony... — Marvin Sapp Copy Share Image
Calamity, war, famine, plague, death, adversity, disease, injury do not necessarily produce repentance. We may become better in a calamity but it does not… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
I doubt if I have made the best use of all my calamities. Soft, amiable natures they would have refined to saintliness; of strong,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Drudgery, calamity, exasperation, want, are instructors in eloquence and wisdom. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
It is the common calamity of old age to lose whatever might have rendered it desirable. — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
There is a big lesson in experiencing uncertainty and calamity with a sober focus - the most chaotic moments are the ones from which… — Tara Stiles Copy Share Image
