Misfortune Quotes

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

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

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

In misfortune, which friend remains a friend?

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate.

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

It's the misfortune of German authors that not a single one of them dares to expose his true character. Everyone thinks that he has to be better than he is.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

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.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny.

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life.

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

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

In the same proportion Russia is the misfortune of Europe and the Israelites.