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Misfortunes Quotes

Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others Picture Quote #1

It is to be believed or told that there is such malice in men as to rejoice in misfortunes, and from another’s woes to draw delight Picture Quote #1

We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money Picture Quote #1

I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life Picture Quote #1

One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well Picture Quote #1

Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head Picture Quote #1

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We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it Picture Quote #1

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others Picture Quote #1

If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless Picture Quote #1

If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even in this worldly life, and indeed have worked for your betterment Picture Quote #1

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come Picture Quote #1

My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can Picture Quote #1

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There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder; but if they happen to fall on us, we find ourselves stronger than we imagined, we grapple with our ill luck, and behave better than we expected we should Picture Quote #1

Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us Picture Quote #1

If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stack in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division Picture Quote #1

I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together Picture Quote #1

The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us Picture Quote #1

The root of a nation’s misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government Picture Quote #1

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One never hugs one’s good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others Picture Quote #1

It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes Picture Quote #1

See me, how calm I am.Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others Picture Quote #1

I have never been able to be so allured by the prospect of advantages or so terrified by misfortunes, swayed by honours or fettered by affection, nay not even so smitten by the fear of death, as to enter upon marriage Picture Quote #1

It’s dangerous to start attributing your fortunes to luck and your misfortunes to fate Picture Quote #1

An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of believers, while being vague or conspiratorial enough to withstand skeptical scrutiny Picture Quote #1

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We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others Picture Quote #1

If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one Picture Quote #1

The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss Picture Quote #1

Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away Picture Quote #1

We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are also the more painful; let us turn, then, to the latter Picture Quote #1

A man’s wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter Picture Quote #1

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Pride thinks it’s own happiness shines the brighter by comparing it with the misfortunes of others (Misfortunes Quotes) It is to be believed or told that there is such malice in men as to rejoice in misfortunes, and from another’s woes to draw delight (Misfortunes Quotes) We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money (Misfortunes Quotes) I am responsible. Although I may not be able to prevent the worst from happening, I am responsible for my attitude toward the inevitable misfortunes that darken life (Misfortunes Quotes) One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame, we have killed off so much real shame as well (Misfortunes Quotes) Despair is like forward children, who, when you take away one of their playthings, throw the rest into the fire for madness. It grows angry with itself, turns its own executioner, and revenges its misfortunes on its own head (Misfortunes Quotes) We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it (Misfortunes Quotes) I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others (Misfortunes Quotes) If we cannot define stupidity, at least we can trace most human misfortunes and weaknesses to it. Its manifestations are legion, its symptoms are endless (Misfortunes Quotes) If you would reflect well and wisely, you would realize that those events you regard as personal misfortunes have served a useful purpose even in this worldly life, and indeed have worked for your betterment (Misfortunes Quotes) Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come (Misfortunes Quotes) My chief study all my life has been to lighten misfortunes and multiply pleasures, as far as human nature can (Misfortunes Quotes) There exist some evils so terrible and some misfortunes so horrible that we dare not think of them, whilst their very aspect makes us shudder; but if they happen to fall on us, we find ourselves stronger than we imagined, we grapple with our ill luck, and behave better than we expected we should (Misfortunes Quotes) Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us (Misfortunes Quotes) If all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stack in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of before that which would fall to them by such a division (Misfortunes Quotes) I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together (Misfortunes Quotes) The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us (Misfortunes Quotes) The root of a nation’s misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government (Misfortunes Quotes) One never hugs one’s good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others (Misfortunes Quotes) It is just as often a great misfortune to be the child of the rich as it is to be the child of the poor. Wealth has its misfortunes. Too much, too great opportunity and advantage given to a child has its misfortunes (Misfortunes Quotes) See me, how calm I am.Ay, people are generally calm at the misfortunes of others (Misfortunes Quotes) I have never been able to be so allured by the prospect of advantages or so terrified by misfortunes, swayed by honours or fettered by affection, nay not even so smitten by the fear of death, as to enter upon marriage (Misfortunes Quotes) It’s dangerous to start attributing your fortunes to luck and your misfortunes to fate (Misfortunes Quotes) An ideology can provide a satisfying narrative that explains chaotic events and collective misfortunes in a way that flatters the virtue and competence of believers, while being vague or conspiratorial enough to withstand skeptical scrutiny (Misfortunes Quotes) We feel a kind of bittersweet pricking of malicious delight in contemplating the misfortunes of others (Misfortunes Quotes) If a great man struggling with misfortunes is a noble object, a little man that despises them is no contemptible one (Misfortunes Quotes) The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss (Misfortunes Quotes) Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away (Misfortunes Quotes) We can profit only by our own misfortunes and those of others. The former, though they may be the more beneficial, are also the more painful; let us turn, then, to the latter (Misfortunes Quotes) A man’s wits are better employed in bearing up under the misfortunes that lie upon him at present than in foreseeing those that may come upon him hereafter (Misfortunes Quotes)

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