Misfortunes Quotations

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.

Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.

In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.

Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes.

Misfortune was my god.

for he is such a disagreeable man, that it would be quite a misfortune to be liked by him.

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings.

Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.

The misfortunes of mankind are of varied plumage.

Atra gulai un ilian tauthr ono un atra ono waise skolir fra rauthr. - Let luck and happiness follow you and may you be shielded from misfortune.

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.

The authors of all our misfortune.

Falsehood is the jockey of misfortune.

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.

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.

Such a great misfortune, not to be able to be alone.

Even to smile at the misfortunes of others is to do an injury.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.

Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.

No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.

To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool.

I only know that I love you. That's your misfortune.

Misfortune may become fortune through patience.

During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.

Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.

The people’s good fortune is my misfortune!

We have all been beaten! Each one has to bear his misfortune! Resign yourself!

When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.

I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.

Cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends.

Everybody has their days of misfortune.

By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

The memory of man is as old as misfortune

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.

Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.

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.

What miracle is God fashioning out of this misfortune?

What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?

A man is the sum of his misfortunes.

Keep your misfortunes to yourself.

Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.

Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.

Misfortunes never come singly.

For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.

Misfortunes often sharpen the genius.

There is no misfortune, but to bear it nobly is good fortune.

Misfortune nobly born is good fortune.

What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.

It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also.

Misfortunes should always be expected.

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.