Misfortunes Quotes

To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves.

I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others.

Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune.

But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.

Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others.

Keep your misfortunes to yourself.

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened.

By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them. [Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]

No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.

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

Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.

Misfortune may become fortune through patience.

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

A man is the sum of his misfortunes.

It is no small misfortune and disgrace that, through our own fault, we neither understand our nature nor our origin.

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others.

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.