Quotes About Misfortune

If she'd been born at the right time they would have burned her over in Salem.

I come from a stupid family. My uncle heard that most deaths occurs within ten miles of the house...so he moved.

When a nation or family is about to flourish, there are sure to be happy omens; and when it is about to perish, there are sure to be unlucky omens.

No need to act, i let my fear show "He killed himself," i whispered. Eve raised an eyebrow. "Fourteen times?" "He had bad aim.

Do not blame your misfortune when your miss your goal, blame the strength of your decisions instead.

Everything happens for a reason. The daily tragedies and misfortunes are all meaningful events, leading toward an ideal conclusion. With that in mind, there probably isn't really any meaningless misfortune.

Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune. Sometimes knowing when to give up is the real test of character.

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may...meet with great misfortunes.

If it wasn't for pick-pockets I'd have no sex life at all.

It is the same in life; the heart changes, and that is our worst misfortune; but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination; for in reality its alteration, like that of certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.

Albertine had thus premeditated her escape for some time. This was the greatest misfortune of my life. And in spite of everything, the suffering which it caused me was perhaps even exceeded by my curiosity to know the causes of this disaster: whom Albertine had desired, for whom she had left me.

It is the same in life; the heart changes, and that is our worst misfortune ; but we learn of it only from reading or by imagination ; for in reality its alteration, like that of a certain natural phenomena, is so gradual that, even if we are able to distinguish, successively, each of its different states, we are still spared the actual sensation of change.

Il petrolio è la merda del diavolo, non ti fidare di quello che sembra una fortuna. Perché è peggio di una trappola per scimmie. E sempre quello che per i ricchi è una fortuna, per i poveri è una disgrazia.

And whence is courage: the unanswered question, the resolute doubt,— dumbly calling, deafly listening—that in misfortune, even death, encourages others and in its defeat, stirs   the soul to be strong?

One never hugs one's good luck so affectionately as when listening to the relation of some horrible misfortunes which has overtaken others.

Friendship is the medicine for all misfortune; but ingratitude dries up the fountain of all goodness.

Most of our misfortunes are comments of our friends upon them.

So there I was lying in the gutter. A man stopped and asked '"What's the matter? Did you fall over?" So I said "No. I've a bar of toffee in my back pocket and I was just trying to break it."

Whatever happens, we are the architect of the fortune or misfortune that befall us in life. Stop! Take time to make a critical analysis of yourself and the situation you find yourself. Better to learn from other people's mistake and experiences, rather than becoming a case study to others.

Bad timing can be as calamitous as good timing is fortuitous.

The trouble isn't that there are too many fools, but that the lightning isn't distributed right.

I was born with a priceless gift, the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.

Oh, this is the most TRAGICAL thing that ever happened to me!

To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.