Quotes: misfortune
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A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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Hesiod
Greek poet
8th century BC
A bad neighbor is a misfortune, as much as a good one is a great blessing.
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A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
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Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
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Lord Chesterfield
English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope)
1694-1773
As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.
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Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
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Books are fatal: they are the curse of the human race. Nine-tenths of existing books are nonsense, and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. The greatest misfortune that ever befell man was the invention of printing.
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Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them.
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For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
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Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.
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Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. Tis the sole remedy against misfortune, the very ventilation of the soul.
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Seneca
Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright
5 BC - 65 A.D.
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.
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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
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I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked.
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