Misfortunes

(290 votes)   Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

Thomas Fuller
1608-1661, British Clergyman, Author

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(143 votes)   When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth

Persian Proverbs
Sayings of Persian Origin

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(123 votes)   Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(122 votes)   It is wrong to think that misfortunes come from the east or from the west; they originate within one's own mind. Therefore, it is foolish to guard against misfortunes from the external world and leave the inner mind uncontrolled.

Buddha
568-488 BC, Founder of Buddhism

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(121 votes)   Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

R. Buckminster Fuller
1895-1983, American Inventor, Designer, Poet, Philosopher

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(116 votes)   Misfortune does not always result in harm.

Italian Proverbs
Sayings of Italian Origin

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(111 votes)   To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.

William Shakespeare
1564-1616, British Poet, Playwright, Actor

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(109 votes)   Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

William James
1842-1910, American Psychologist, Professor, Author

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(102 votes)   All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.

Jean Jacques Rousseau
1712-1778, Swiss Political Philosopher, Educationist, Essayist

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(102 votes)   My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.

Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
1533-1592, French Philosopher, Essayist

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(91 votes)   There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.

French Proverbs
Sayings of French Origin

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(89 votes)   now and then there is a person born who is so unlucky that he runs into accidents which started out to happen to somebody else.

Don Marquis
1878-1937, American Humorist, Journalist

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(86 votes)   Count on it, if a person talks of their misfortune, there is something in it that is not disagreeable to them.

Samuel Johnson
1709-1784, British Author

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(84 votes)   An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.

Ambrose Bierce
1842-1914, American Author, Editor, Journalist, ''The Devil's Dictionary''

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(84 votes)   Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.

Publilius Syrus
1st Century BC, Roman Writer

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