Misfortunes Quotes

17 quotations about Misfortunes
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Aesop · Misfortunes
An accident is an inevitable occurrence due to the actions of immutable natural laws.
Ambrose Bierce · Misfortunes
People of genius whenever they are faced with misfortune find resources within themselves.
Brouhours · Misfortunes
Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.
R. Buckminster Fuller · Misfortunes
Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
Thomas Fuller · Misfortunes
The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
W. Somerset Maugham · Misfortunes
My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne · Misfortunes
There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.
Proverb · Misfortunes
There is something in the misfortune of our best friends which does not displease us.
French Proverb · Misfortunes
Misfortune does not always result in harm.
Italian Proverb · Misfortunes
When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
Persian Proverb · Misfortunes
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Jean Jacques Rousseau · Misfortunes
To mourn a mischief that is past and gone is the next way to draw new mischief on.
William Shakespeare · Misfortunes
Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.
William Shakespeare · Misfortunes
Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
Publilius Syrus · Misfortunes
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Publius Cornelius Tacitus · Misfortunes
There is always something infinitely mean about other people's tragedies.
Oscar Wilde · Misfortunes

Authors on Misfortunes

Aesop Ambrose Bierce Brouhours French Proverb R. Buckminster Fuller Thomas Fuller Italian Proverb W. Somerset Maugham Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Persian Proverb Proverb Jean Jacques Rousseau William Shakespeare Publilius Syrus Publius Cornelius Tacitus Oscar Wilde