Quotes About Misfortune

Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

Perverted pride is a great misfortune in men; but pride in its original function, for which God created it, is indispensable to a proper manhood.

A man never has good luck who has a bad wife.

No, I do know that I was born To age, misfortune, sickness, grief: But I will bear these with that scorn As shall not need thy false relief. Nor for my peace will I go far, As wanderers do, that still do roam; But make my strengths, such as they are, Here in my bosom, and at home.

As his own end approached, Elliott reflected on a life that had been "undistinguished, albeit mildly notorious," and tremendous fun. He had known indignity, misfortune, and intimate betrayal, but his fund of natural optimism never ran out. "I feel I have been extraordinarily lucky," he wrote. "I look back on my career with some wonderment

If Gladstone fell in the Thames, that would be a misfortune. But if someone fished him out again, that would be a calamity.

in the course of my observation, these disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

Kings have long arms, but Misfortune longer, Let none think themselves out of her reach.

What region of the earth is not full of our calamities?

It's really sad how many people believe in curses.

What did Romeo and Juliet do?" They died," I remind her gently. "Some mix-up with the poison-

It had been a seven-year string of bad luck, ever since their parents died in that house fire.

Somebody always leaves a banana-skin on the scene of tragedy.

246Somebody always leaves a banana-skin on the scene of tragedy.

I was definitely born under an evil star. I have just been thrown out of the inn where I was staying, naked as a worm.

My luck is getting worse and worse. Last night, for instance, I was mugged by a quaker.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

The windfall of great riches can, if mismanaged, make things worse, not better, for the recipients.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

This would be really funny if it weren't happening to me.

Every city has streets that were built under an unlucky star. And they don't have to be located in the outskirts, either. Sometimes they run along beside gloomy factory buildings, sometimes along the railway lines or main highways, sometimes even beside a park or ravine that has survived through some oversight by the municipal authorities.

There's no greater way to gain an audience's sympathy than by being unfortunate.

Every blessing is a curse in disguise.

A few weeks later, my mother found a letter nailed to the gate. The grim black ink declared our misfortune to every passerby: we were to be the neighborhood's third eviction. The soldiers now claimed that our beautiful house—with its blond tatami and white paper screens and dark halls—was to be requisitioned. My family had two days.