Quotes with misfortunes

  • In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.
    ― Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • William Somerset Maugham Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother.
    ― William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?
    ― Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Joseph Addison A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.
    ― Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone.
    ― Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
    ― Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Barry Humphries Am I old-fashioned? I think I might be. I am a lucky woman, because I was born with a priceless gift... the ability to laugh at the misfortunes of others.
    Source: Op Broadway in Dame Edna Back With A Vengeance 2004
    ― Barry Humphries
    Australian comedian, actor, artist, and author (1934 - 2023)
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  • Aesop Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
    ― Aesop
    Greek fabulist and story teller (620 - 564)
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  • Francis Bacon Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
    ― Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Samuel Johnson Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him.
    ― Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Virgil Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
    ― Virgil
    Roman poet (70 - 19)
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  • Alphonse Karr Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.
    ― Alphonse Karr
    French writer and editor of Le Figaro (1808 - 1890)
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  • Voltaire History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
    ― Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Edward Gibbon History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.
    ― Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Henry Fielding I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was the cause of all the calamities which he afterwards suffered. Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
    ― Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Euripides Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain.
    ― Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Francois de la Rochefoucauld In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
    ― Francois de la Rochefoucauld
    French writer (1613 - 1680)
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  • Voltaire Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
    ― Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Publilius Syrus It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
    ― Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Tacitus It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
    ― Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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