Misfortunes Quotes

We act empty and innocent but we are fueled by distortions of lives led in discontent trading misfortunes cause faith is one thing that is hard to deliver it feels funny being free.

Misfortune was my god.

The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government.

Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune.

Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.

Single misfortunes never come alone, and the greatest of all national calamities is generally followed by one greater.

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone.

We must each of us bear our own misfortunes.

But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship.

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.

Many years ago, I contracted an intimacy with a Mr. William Legrand. He was of an ancient Huguenot family, and had once been wealthy; but a series of misfortunes had reduced him to want.

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.

We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy.

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes.

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

People who make a living off other people's fortunes or misfortunes are parasites.

I think writers are a lot like lawyers. We feed off the misfortunes of people, even ourselves.

The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

Nothing is as heady as the wine of misfortune.

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream.

Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.

The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us.

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

The authors of all our misfortune.

Poverty is one of them kind of misfortunes that we all of us dread but none of us pity.

If we remove the hope of profit as a means to alleviate misfortune - poverty, illness, misery, disaster - we shall increase our misfortunes and make them permanent.

Everybody has their days of misfortune.

Do not desire to hear about the misfortunes of those who oppose you. For those who listen to such speech later reap the fruits of their evil intention.

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

Happiness, like misfortunes, never comes alone.

Many girls have not the advantage I have and I [am] very very glad that satan has not geven me boils and many other Misfortunes.

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

Misfortune is mostly an awkwardness!

We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others.

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.

Never find delight in another's misfortune.

Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

Consider the misfortunes of others, and you will be the better able to bear your own.

It is astonishing how the human animal survives its misfortunes.

What miracle is God fashioning out of this misfortune?

Misfortunes should always be expected.

Misfortunes, in fine, cannot be avoided; but they may be sweetened, if not overcome, and our lives made happy by philosophy.

Not to feel one's misfortunes is not human, not to bear them is not manly.

This misfortune you find is of your own manufacture.

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

Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding.

Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.

Shame brings no advantage in misfortunes, for silence (of the accused) is the ally of the speaker.