It was just misfortune and we are still perplexed by what happened.
It is one of the misfortunes in life that one must read thousands of books only to discover that one need not have read them.
Happy the man who can endure the highest and the lowest fortune. He, who has endured such vicissitudes with equanimity, has deprived misfortune of its power.
Only the misfortune understands what fortune is.And knows how to treasure it.
Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.
Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative.
In the crime fiction section, you may just find a novel that talks about the place where you're from and speaks to you about your life - or the life yours could have become if a little misfortune had come your way.
Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.
Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.
Le bonheur engloutit nos forces, comme le malheur e teint nos vertus. Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.