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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 Louisa May Alcott Albert Camus Pierre Corneille Charles Portis Jonathan Swift Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand Thomas de Quincey Euripides Jean de la Bruyere Lawrence Durrell Winston Churchill Pliny the Elder Gustave Flaubert Sophocles Arthur Rimbaud Christopher Paolini Marshall Sylver George Herbert Shinjo Ito Benjamin Franklin Jean-Jacques Rousseau Nicholas Ling William Graham Sumner Franz Kafka Robert G. Allen Anne Frank Cormac McCarthy Mary Norton Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Simon Armitage Aesop
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.
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Charles R. Swindoll

11.
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.
Baltasar Gracian

12.
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
Aesop

13.
Misfortune may become fortune through patience.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol

14.
Keep your misfortunes to yourself.
William Hazlitt

15.
Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
Franz Kafka

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

18.
A man is the sum of his misfortunes.
William Faulkner

19.
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.
Soren Kierkegaard

20.
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

21.
Every war is a national misfortune.
Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

22.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Publilius Syrus

23.
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)
Jeffrey R. Holland

24.
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.
Charles Caleb Colton

25.
It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.
Mahatma Gandhi

26.
In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?
Euripides

27.
Worry is the only insupportable misfortune of life.
Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

28.
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!
Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

29.
Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.
Jonathan Swift

30.
Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune.
George Herbert

31.
See your misfortunes as blessings.
Marshall Sylver

32.
Misfortunes never come singly.
Anne Frank

33.
Misfortunes make us wise.
Mary Norton

34.
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
Abraham Lincoln

35.
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.
Letitia Elizabeth Landon

36.
Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
Publilius Syrus

37.
I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.
George MacDonald

38.
When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
John Dryden

39.
Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power.
George Stillman Hillard

40.
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

41.
The memory of man is as old as misfortune
Lawrence Durrell

42.
Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.
Publilius Syrus

43.
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

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

48.
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld

49.
We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.
Emile M. Cioran

50.
Misfortune is mostly an awkwardness!
Mehmet Murat Ildan