Quotes About Misfortune

La madre tenía ya de por sí un carácter tenebroso, pero es que además decía, y no se cansaba de repetir, que la alegría trae mala suerte porque detrás de la alegría acecha siempre la desgracia. «Los llantos los oye Dios y la risa el diablo»

él es un fantasma recién muerto. Se convirtió en fantasma porque equivocó el momento de su muerte.

It seems unfortunate that strong people are usually so disagreeable and overbearing that no one cares for them. In fact, to be different from your fellow creatures is always a misfortune. The Growleywogs knew that they were disliked and avoided by every one, so they had become surly and unsociable even among themselves.

down lead to nothing but trouble.

What was misfortune but the quality of existing as something, or someone else, inside?

The wide world is full of likable people who get kicked in the stomach regularly. They're disaster-prone. Something goes wrong. The sky starts falling on their head. And you can't reverse the process.

The wide world is full of likable people who get kicked in the stomach regularly. They're disaster-prone.

Was there no milder way but the Small Pox, The very filth'ness of Pandora's Box?

I was guilty all right. Guilty of stupidity for allowing myself to fall into such a mess.

than of a border skirmish that went tragically wrong.

What a misfortune it is that we should thus be compelled to let our boys schooling interfere with their education!

The chili I ate made for an explosive bathroom experience. I don't know how to put this delicately, but I missed the toilet entirely.

I think the greatest taboos in America are faith and failure.

When failing spectacularly the trick is to employ an inverted Schadenfreude. Take ownership of your misfortune.

Haters are those, that never were given any chances, that blew their chances, or that never took the chance.

Sometimes before your luck can be good,someone else's has to be bad

Define 'absolute shit.

Thanks to the gods! My misfortune exceeds my hopes.41

If someone is telling you to live in interesting times, they are basically telling you they want you to die horribly, and to suffer terribly before you do. Seriously, they are not your friend. This is a tip I am giving you for free.

Luck, you see, brings bitter friends.

Misfortune is a fact of nature acceptable to women, especially when it falls on other women.

Misfortune is not fair, fate is not just, but they exist just the same.

He was very rich; he bought eggs to throw at a Chinaman. And one of those eggs missed the Chinaman and hit a policeman. So, Danny was in jail.

There is no explaining a series of misfortunes like that. Every man blames himself. People in their black minds remember sins committed secretly and wonder whether they have caused the evil sequence