Misfortune Quotes
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Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.
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To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
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Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune.
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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.
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Nobody is impervious to misfortune.
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A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.
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Men cling to life even at the cost of enduring great misfortune.
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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.
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When adversity overtakes you, it pays to be thankful it was not worse instead of worrying over your misfortune.
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There are some vile and contemptible men who, allowing themselves to be conquered by misfortune, seek a refuge in death.
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Opportunity often comes in disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
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To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
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Even when the winds of misfortune blow, amazing things can still happen.
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Germany had the misfortune of becoming poisoned, first because of plenty, and then because of want.
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Misfortune is never invited. And it comes and sits at the table without permission and it eats, leaving nothing but bones.
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There is no greater misfortune in the world than the loss of reason.
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Opportunity ... It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity.
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My misfortune is that I still resemble a man too much. I should liked to be wholly a beast like that goat. - Quasimodo
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Every wind is fare when we are flying from misfortune.
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As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny.
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True heroism consists in rising superior to misfortune.
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Misfortune is the test of a person's merit.
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It is my misfortune - and probably my delight - to use things as my passions tell me. What a miserable fate for a painter who adores blondes to have to stop himself putting them into a picture because they don't go with the basket of fruit! . . . I put all the things I like into my pictures. The things - so much the worse for them. They just have to put up with it.
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Should I be grateful or should I curse the fact that despite all misfortune I can still feel love, an unearthly love but still for earthly objects.