Quotes with ill-fortune

Quotes 321 till 329 of 329.

• As a rock on the seashore he standeth firm, and the dashing of the waves disturbeth him not. He raiseth his head like a tower on a hill, and the arrows of fortune drop at his feet. In the instant of danger, the courage of his heart here, and scorn to fly.

  Akhenaton
  Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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• Calamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.

  Ambrose Bierce
  American writer (1842 - 1914)
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• Friendless. Having no favors to bestow. Destitute of fortune. Addicted to utterance of truth and common sense.

  Ambrose Bierce
  American writer (1842 - 1914)
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• Misfortunes tell us what fortune is.

  Thomas Fuller
  English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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• Moderation in people who are contented comes from that calm that good fortune lends to their spirit.

  Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  French writer (1613 - 1680)
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• Physician - One upon whom we set our hopes when ill and our dogs when well.

  Ambrose Bierce
  American writer (1842 - 1914)
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• The world has suffered more from the ravages of ill-advised marriages than from virginity.

  Ambrose Bierce
  American writer (1842 - 1914)
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• When you are ill make haste to forgive your enemies, for you may recover.

  Ambrose Bierce
  American writer (1842 - 1914)
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• You must always be puzzled by mental illness. The thing I would dread most, if I became mentally ill, would be your adopting a common sense attitude; that you could take it for granted that I was deluded.

  Ludwig Wittgenstein
  Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• misfortunes
• ill-advised
• misfortune
• friendless
• moderation
• utterance

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