It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

In misfortune, what friend remains a friend?

No one is adequate to comprehending the misery of my lot! Fate obliges me to be constantly in movement: I am not permitted to pass more than a fortnight in the same place. I have...

When the rush of the weak sweeps over those that strive to be strong, its destruction. The commonplaces of moral judgment become fogged with the lack of perception stained with the sting of longing. The...

Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.

Chuang-tzu once told a story about two persons who both lost a sheep. One person got very depressed and lost himself in drinking, sex, and gambling to try to forget this misfortune. The other person...

[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is...

Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.

Debauchee, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it.

According to Islam, whenever we are struck by illness or misfortune orsomeone hurts us, there is a higher purpose behind it, which we may not understand at the time,’ oneof them said to me. ‘That’s...

I began to feel lighthearted. Don’t ever do that; it tempts some dark and evil force abroad in the universe.

… misfortune and creativity go together.

The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.

Kiek ašarų buvo išlieta dėl nelaimių, kurios pasidarė realios dėl to, kad buvo norimos.

So let those people go on weeping and wailing whose self-indulgent minds have been weakened by long prosperity, let them collapse at the threat of the most trivial injuries; but let those who have spent...

There is something beautiful in every person that never dies, no matter their misfortunes.

We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.

Here’s a new ‘Blessing’ for our time — ‘May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!

Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one.

Opportunity…it often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.