Misfortunes Quotes

We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster.

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her.

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.

Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh.

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.

The War has been waged with success, although there have been in some instances errors and misfortunes. But the heart of the nation is sounder and its hopes brighter.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes.

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.

I am disposed to be thus particular from the interest you take in our welfare and from the entire confidence I have in your knowing, that you will be sympathetic with us in our misfortunes.

If all misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes.