Top 25 Misfortunes Quotes of 77 - Page 2

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

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

Kinky, Literature, Misfortunes Of Others

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

Philosophical, Tears, Misfortunes Of Others

Marcus Tullius Cicero (1942). “Cicero: De oratore ...”

Le bonheur engloutit nos forces, comme le malheur e teint nos vertus. Happiness engulfs our strength, just as misfortune extinguishes our virtues.

Honore de Balzac

Virtue, Force, Misfortunes

It is one of the misfortunes in life that one must read thousands of books only to discover that one need not have read them.

Thomas de Quincey

Book, Needs, Misfortunes

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.

Scott Adams

Laughing, Misfortunes Of Others, Exception

Scott Adams (2007). “Stick to Drawing Comics, Monkey Brain!: Cartoonist Explains Cloning, Blouse Monsters, Voting Machines, Romance, Monkey G ods, How to Avoid Being Mistaken for a Rodent, and More”, p.186, Penguin

Patience is the remedy for every misfortune.

Publilius Syrus

Remedy, Misfortunes

Misfortunes make us wise.

Mary Norton

Wise, Adversity, Misfortunes

Mary Norton (2001). “The Borrowers Afield”

See your misfortunes as blessings.

Marshall Sylver

Blessing, Misfortunes

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!

Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand

Born, Repeats, Misfortunes

It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.

Mahatma Gandhi

Love, Giving, Misfortunes

Mahatma Gandhi (1929). “Young India”

Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.

Jonathan Swift

Friends, Enemy, Misfortunes

Jonathan Swift, “Verses On The Death Of Dr. Swift, D.S.P.D.”

No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)

Jeffrey R. Holland

Optimistic, Whining, Misfortunes

Worry is the only insupportable misfortune of life.

Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

Worry, Misfortunes

Every war is a national misfortune.

Helmuth James Graf von Moltke

War, Misfortunes

I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.

George MacDonald

Believe, Men, Misfortunes

George MacDonald (2015). “The Complete Works of George MacDonald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Theological Writings & Essays (Illustrated): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of the North Wind, Lilith, England’s Antiphon, David Elginbrod, Malcolm, The Light Princess, The Golden Key and many more”, p.5717, e-artnow