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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
Adversity
Aesop

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The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Misfortunes
Aesop

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All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
Loneliness
Jean De La Bruyere

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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
Ignorance
Euripides

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Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.
Misfortunes
Thomas Fuller

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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
History and Historians
Edward Gibbon

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In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
Friends and Friendship
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Strength
Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
Anxiety
James Russell Lowell

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All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Misfortunes
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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

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Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
Misfortunes
Publilius Syrus

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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Misfortunes
Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
Risk
Virgil

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History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History and Historians
Voltaire

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One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
Coward and Cowardice
Voltaire

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