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Misfortunes Quotes

1.
To have a right estimate of a man's character,
we must see him in misfortune.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Accurately gauge a person's nature by observing them in adversity.
Authors on Misfortunes Quotes: Publilius Syrus Honore de Balzac Pierre Corneille Louisa May Alcott Albert Camus William Faulkner Abraham Lincoln Letitia Elizabeth Landon Mahatma Gandhi Charles R. Swindoll Mehmet Murat Ildan Baltasar Gracian George MacDonald Sophie Swetchine Samuel Johnson Charles Caleb Colton John Dryden Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington William Hazlitt Emile M. Cioran Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke Ihara Saikaku Bias of Priene Michel de Montaigne George Stillman Hillard Soren Kierkegaard Thomas de Quincey Charles Portis Jonathan Swift Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Winston Churchill Euripides Jean de la Bruyere
2.
Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.
Albert Camus

Whoever contributes nothing, reaps nothing. The greatest tragedy is not to be unappreciated, but not to appreciate.
3.
Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau

4.
Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.
Nicholas Ling

5.
But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
Pliny the Elder

6.
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
Bias of Priene

7.
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]
Pierre Corneille

8.
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
Michel de Montaigne

9.
In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.
Pierre Corneille

10.
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
Aesop

11.
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Charles R. Swindoll

12.
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.
Baltasar Gracian

13.
Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
Franz Kafka

14.
Misfortune may become fortune through patience.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol

15.
Keep your misfortunes to yourself.
William Hazlitt

16.
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.
Cormac McCarthy

17.
Le bonheur engloutit nos forces,
comme le malheur e teint nos vertus.
Happiness engulfs our strength,
just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.
Honore de Balzac

18.
It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.
Teresa of Avila

19.
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
William Faulkner

20.
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.
Soren Kierkegaard

21.
Misfortunes never come singly.
Anne Frank

22.
Misfortunes make us wise.
Mary Norton

23.
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
Abraham Lincoln

24.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Publilius Syrus

25.
Every war is a national misfortune.
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

26.
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.
Charles Caleb Colton

27.
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)
Jeffrey R. Holland

28.
It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.
Mahatma Gandhi

29.
Worry is the only insupportable misfortune of life.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

30.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
Euripides

31.
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.
Jonathan Swift

32.
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

33.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
George Herbert

34.
See your misfortunes as blessings.
Marshall Sylver

35.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Publilius Syrus

36.
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.
Victor Hugo

37.
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon

38.
I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.
George MacDonald

39.
Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
Publilius Syrus

40.
When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
John Dryden

41.
Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.
George Stillman Hillard

42.
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.
Thomas de Quincey

43.
The memory of man is as old as misfortune
Lawrence Durrell

44.
Cheerfulness can change misfortune into love and friends.
Louisa May Alcott

45.
We have all been beaten! Each one has to bear his misfortune! Resign yourself!
Gustave Flaubert

46.
Many are those who pity others while being blind to their own misfortunes.
Shinjo Ito

47.
What man ever blamed himself for his misfortune?
William Graham Sumner

48.
Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.
Philip Sidney

49.
What miracle is God fashioning out of this misfortune?
Robert G. Allen

50.
But, alas! Misfortunes are too apt to wear out Friendship.
Charlotte Charke