61 Misfortune Quotes for You to Enjoy

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving

Great Rise Above Minds Great Minds Rise Above Misfortune Tamed Subdued Little Them Little Minds

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James

Acceptance First Consequences Misfortune Step Overcoming First Step Any Happened

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about. Saskya Pandita

Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. William James

Acceptance First Consequences Willing Misfortune Step Overcoming First Step Any Happened

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. Epicurus

Wise Fool Better Prosperity Misfortune Than

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. Sophocles

Good Man Good Man Those Misfortune Task Help

The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune. Charles R. Swindoll

Wind More Compromise Misfortune Devastating Lot Than Swift Sudden

A man endures misfortune without complaint. Franz Schubert

Man Complaint Misfortune Without Endures

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus

Wise Man Wise Man Hateful Misfortune Most Human Influence

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are. Honore de Balzac

Happiness Happy Say Alike Bad Exaggerate Misfortune Never Off

My appeal to the rich is, Deal liberally with your poor brethren, and use your means to advance the cause of God. The worthy poor, who are made poor by misfortune and sickness, deserve your especial care and help. Ellen G. White

God Cause Care Sickness Made Rich Worthy Misfortune Advance Deal Poor Means Brethren Use Your Help Who Appeal Deserve

Ignorance of all things is an evil neither terrible nor excessive, nor yet the greatest of all; but great cleverness and much learning, if they be accompanied by a bad training, are a much greater misfortune. Plato

Great Ignorance Learning Training Evil Bad Neither All Things Misfortune Excessive Terrible Cleverness Greater Greatest Accompanied Nor Much Things

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world. Stefan Zweig

World Understanding Only Misfortune Exile Provide Overview In-Depth Realities

It has long been said the only things in life that are certain are death and taxes. Automatic enrollment for insurance of 401k loans would add an additional certainty. Fewer Americans would suffer the unnecessary loss of retirement savings due to unanticipated and untimely misfortune in an already stressful time of need. Elaine Chao

Life Death Time Long Add Savings Additional Enrollment Unnecessary Would Only Misfortune Retirement Insurance Said Due Death And Taxes Been Loss American Fewer Automatic Taxes Certain Certainty Suffer Things Need Stressful Loans

The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention. Franz Schubert

Wise Man Wise Man Fool Misfortune Greatest Convention Unhappiness Based

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can. Jane Austen

Woman Misfortune Conceal Knowing She Well Anything Should

Whatever your religious persuasion, if you believe that that the universe is governed by benign forces, at some point you have to explain why there is so much suffering, misfortune and misery in the world. Julian Baggini

You Suffering World Whatever Believe Universe Benign Religious Some Point Misery Misfortune Forces Governed Explain Much Persuasion Your Why

A writer has a difficult fate, but a Jewish writer has an especially difficult fate. His soul is torn; he lives on two streets with three languages. It is a misfortune to live on this sort of 'border,' and that is what I have experienced. S. Ansky

Soul Fate Three Live Difficult Torn Border Writer Misfortune He Sort His Experienced Languages Lives Streets Two Jewish

Nigeria has had the misfortune - no, the fortune - of seeing the worst face of capitalism anywhere in Africa. The masses have seen it, they are disgusted, and they want an alternative. Wole Soyinka

Capitalism Face Seen Worst Seeing Misfortune Had Masses Alternative Africa Disgusted Want Anywhere Fortune Nigeria

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