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I lost my sleep, and this is the greatest tragedy that can befall someone. It is much worse than sitting in prison. — Emil Cioran

I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! — William Blake

That which is within a man, not that which lies beyond his vision, is the main factor in what is about to befall him: — George MacDonald

To have a son in wartime is the worst curse that can befall a mother, no matter what anyone says. — Slavenka Drakulic

Captivity is the greatest of all evils that can befall one. — Miguel De Cervantes

If adventures will not befall a young lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad. — Jane Austen

The worst calamities that befall an army arise from hesitation — Sun Tzu

If you worry about every 'what if' that might befall you, your fears will paralyze you. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry. — Saint Francis De Sales

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you. — Phaedrus

But since the affairs of men rests still incertain,
Let's reason with the worst that may befall. — William Shakespeare

A lot of tragedy can befall us, but there's always something else; there's always hope. — Chris Pine

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes. — Leonardo Da Vinci

Monotheism is easily the greatest disaster to befall the human race. — Gore Vidal

Unions are susceptible to the same ills that befall all human societies. — Tony Kushner

Take a course in good water and air; and in the eternal youth of Nature you may renew your own. Go quietly, alone; no harm will befall you. — John Muir

The greatest evil that can befall man is that he should come to think ill of himself. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

There is no greater glory that can befall a man that what he achieves with the speed of his feet or the strength of his hands. — Homer

I learned that it is possible for us to create light, sound and order within us no matter what calamity befall us in the outer world. — Helen Keller

The worst curse to befall anyone is stagnation, a banal existence, the quiet desperation that comes out of a need for conformity. — Deepak Chopra

Let evil swiftly befall those who have wrongly condemned us - God will avenge us. — Jacques De Molay

Whoever said, "I'll give you the world," to their significant other, must have had bad intentions. — Anthony Liccione

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. — W. Somerset Maugham

Much evil must befall a country before it wholly forgets the Elves, if once they dwelt there. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Your face is bright with the love of the Lord. Our souls are singing together, despite the evil that threatens to befall us. — DiAnn Mills

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience. — Andrew Lang

Be aware, then, that every human condition is subject to change, and that whatever mishap can befall any man can also happen to you. — Seneca.

We cannot be guilty of a greater act of uncharitableness, than to interpret the afflictions which befall our neighbors as punishments and judgments. — Joseph Addison

Whether joy or sorrow, pain or pleasure; whatsoever may befall thee, accept it serenely with an unvanquished heart. — Rabindranath Tagore

If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another. — Epicurus

The greatest tragedy that can befall a man is never to know who he really is. — James Carlos Blake

Let no man seek
Henceforth to be foretold that shall befall
Him or his children. — John Milton

A new fear began to grip me, almost as powerful as the fear of what could befall us on the mountain: the fear of running out of reading material. — Matt Dickinson

Do not detest the misfortunes that befall you, for what you detest may be the cause of your salvation and what you like may be the cause of your ruin. — Al-Hasan Al-Basri

Dionysius the Elder, being asked whether he was at leisure, he replied, God forbid that it should ever befall me! — Plutarch

Be the master of your fate, be the captain of your soul, but do not hesitate, should the chance befall you, to be the slave of your heart. — Robert Breault

Suffering does not befall him who is without attachment to names and forms. — Gautama Buddha

Love and grief and motherhood, Fame and mirth and scorn - these are all shall befall, Any woman born. — Margaret Widdemer

Men endure the losses that befall them by mere casualty with more patience than the damages they sustain by injustice. — Walter Raleigh

Once one knows what heartless people can do, it cannot be entirely forgotten. It always remains among the possible things that can befall you. — Robin Hobb

Life is beautiful. He who reads that
As in the window of some distant, speeding train
Knows what he wants, and what will befall. — John Ashbery

If the gods chose Sextus as King of Rome, the worst possible evil will befall it — Aziz Hamza

There are too many accidents that can befall life on a single planet. — Stephen Hawking

This attitude is basic human nature. We'd rather look outward and blame others for ills that befall us than point the finger at ourselves. — Amish Tripathi

When one with honeyed words but evil mind
Persuades the mob, great woes befall the state. — Euripides

The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always. — Walter Savage Landor

Purpose is the antidote for any malaise that may befall a man. — Bidemi Mark-Mordi

I've always thought that the most perfect fate which could befall any woman would be to be born a rich widow. — Faith Baldwin

I didn't want to see anything worse than me befall her. — Larry Brown

The greatest tragedy to befall a person is to have sight but lack vision. — Helen Keller

No worse fate can befall a young man or woman than becoming prematurely entrenched in prudence and negation. — Knut Hamsun

Emerson said, "The soul contains the event that shall befall it. — Norman Vincent Peale

The greatest calamity which could befall us would be submission to a government of unlimited powers. — Thomas Jefferson

Whatever may befall us, God knows and cares as no one else can. — Aiden Wilson Tozer

It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall us. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

No more terrible disaster could befall your people than for them to fall into the hands of a Hero — Frank Herbert

Many words befall men, mean and noble alike; do not be astonished by them, nor allow yourself to be constrained. — Pythagoras

Among those evils which befall us, there are many which have been more painful to us in the prospect than by their actual pressure. — Joseph Addison

The greatest curse that can befall a free people, is civil war. — Alexander H. Stephens

Later on in life, you might wish that the good things which all befall in your one special year had spread themselves out a little more. — Stephen King

Religious fervor controlled by prejudice and ignorance is the greatest calamity that can befall a nation. — John R. Musick

Evils that befall the world are not nearly so often caused by bad men as they are by good men who are silent when an opinion must be voiced. — Lawrence Schiller

Should prosperity befall thee, rejoice not, and should abasement come upon thee, grieve not, for both shall pass away and be no more. — Baha'u'llah

WHATEVER MISHAP MAY BEFALL YOU, IT IS ON ACCOUNT OF SOMETHING WHICH YOU HAVE DONE."
Prophet Muhammad. — Michael Francis John

He who for love hath undergone
The worst that can befall,
Is happier thousandfold than one
Who never loved at all. — Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton

It's funny, but ... you're sort of a moving target for fortune, and you never know when it will befall you. — Thomas McGuane

The only ultimate disaster that can befall us is to feel ourselves at home on this earth. — Malcolm Muggeridge