Misfortune Quotes

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.

No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying.

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.

Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

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.

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.

For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand.

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, "This is a misfortune" but "To bear this worthily is good fortune."

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

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.

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

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.

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

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?

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.

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

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