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Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own. — Aesop

With man, most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man. — Pliny The Elder

The less we parade our misfortunes the more sympathy we command. — Orville Dewey

I believe, indeed, that it is more laudable to suffer great misfortunes than to do great things. — Stanislaw Leszczynski

Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others. — Ambrose Bierce

men's misfortunes are forgotten in the excitement of new enterprises. This — Mark Twain

There are in this world ample reasons to be sad and disheartened, discouraged and fearful. But there are as many reasons not to be. — Richelle E. Goodrich

We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come. — Publilius Syrus

The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of misfortunes. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire

She counted her blessings, rather than her misfortunes. — Callie Hunter

A man is the sum of his misfortunes. — William Faulkner

As a rule, I don't like to laugh at the misfortune of others. The exception to that rule is if it's really, really funny. — Scott Adams

It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana. — Mahatma Gandhi

Many girls have not the advantage I have and I [am] very very glad that satan has not geven me boils and many other Misfortunes. — Marjorie Fleming

our passions often become our misfortunes — Me

No one has the ability to laugh at their misfortunes like the women of the East End. — Philip Ridley

Misfortunes never come singly. — Anne Frank

Surprises, like misfortunes, seldom come alone. — Matthew Pearl

We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster. — Deepak Chopra

I have suffered more from my bad dancing than from all the misfortunes and miseries of my life put together. — Walter Savage Landor

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you. — Virgil

Worry is the only insupportable misfortune of life. — Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke

A plantation was a plantation; one might think one's misfortunes distinct, but the true horror lay in their universality. — Colson Whitehead

Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Unhappy is he whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. Lucius Accius, Telephus — Robert Galbraith

And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Misfortunes, blessings, I have no time to pick my words, I am in a hurry to be done. And yet no, I am in no hurry. — Samuel Beckett

Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we
we divine it. — Sophie Swetchine

I suppose once you've been accused of being a witch, you're never really safe. People may blame all sorts of accidents and misfortunes on you. — Hugh Lofting

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity? — Honore De Balzac

Misfortunes never come singly'. First, — Anne Frank

Happiness, like misfortunes, never comes alone. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne

No one believes their misfortunes are attributable to any shortcomings of their own; that is why they must find a culprit. — Umberto Eco

It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody. — Baltasar Gracian

I've always found people love you best if you can laugh at your own foolish misfortunes and keep mum about everyone else's — Barbara Kingsolver

Misfortunes make us wise — Mary Norton

To love a fool is a misfortune, but does not make one a fool. — Mason Cooley

We bear, all of us, the misfortunes of other people with heroic constancy. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them. — Washington Irving

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. — Lucius Accius

What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is. — Soren Kierkegaard

Ignorance is a voluntary misfortune. — Nicholas Ling

Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health. — Michel De Montaigne

We often are consoled by our want of reason for misfortunes that reason could not have comforted. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her. — John Dryden

Great good nature without prudence is a great misfortune. — Benjamin Franklin

We are easily comforted for the misfortunes of our friends, when those misfortunes give us an occasion of expressing our affection and solicitude. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Most misfortunes are the results of misused time. — Napoleon Hill

The fortune that you feel you don't deserve is heaven's compensation for the misfortunes she feels you didn't deserve — Agona Apell

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

Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away. — Jean Racine

In relating our misfortunes, we often feel them lightened. — Pierre Corneille

Count your blessings, not your misfortunes, for your blessings will be the light of hope, in the dark of hopelessness. — Kaitlin D.S. Cammie

One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly. — Voltaire

Even our misfortunes are a part of our belongings. — Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Misfortunes seldom come alone. — Daniel Defoe

I promise not to love you for your misfortunes — Julianne Donaldson

Philosophy teaches us to bear with equanimity the misfortunes of others. — Oscar Wilde

Some souls are ennobled and elevated by seeming misfortunes, which then become blessings in disguise. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin

Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born! — Marie Anne De Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise Du Deffand

There are few misfortunes in this world that you cannot turn into a personal trimuph if you have the iron will and the neccessary skill. — Nelson Mandela

Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love. — Albert Camus

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. — Edward Gibbon

We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Whenever the deity contrives misfortunes for a man, he first harms their understanding. — Sophocles

See your misfortunes as blessings. — Marshall Sylver

I wasn't raised to celebrate the misfortune of others. — Nikki Gil

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. — Publilius Syrus

The root of a nation's misfortunes has to be sought in the moral failings of the government. — Aung San Suu Kyi

19. - We have all sufficient strength to support the misfortunes of others. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength. — Winston Churchill

I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good. — George MacDonald

Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there. — Ihara Saikaku

The authors of all our misfortune. — Jefferson Davis

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

Every morning brings new potential, but if you dwell on the misfortunes of the day before, you tend to overlook tremendous opportunities. — Harvey MacKay

History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Edward Gibbon — Simon Sebag Montefiore

Life is full of chances and changes, and the most prosperous of men may in the evening of his days meet with great misfortunes. — Aristotle.

All that philosophy can teach is to be stubborn or sullen under misfortunes. — Oliver Goldsmith

Good luck in most cases comes through the misfortune of others. — Jackie Stewart

Great Fortune brings with it Great misfortune. — George Herbert

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. — Voltaire

Samovar is the most essential thing in Russia, especially at times of particularly awful, sudden, and eccentric catastrophes and misfortunes — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Amah was always wary of voicing misfortunes, fearing that to do so would only make them come true. — Yangsze Choo

There is no greater comfort than the idea that we have chosen our own misfortunes. — Jorge Luis Borges

looked upon as misfortunes, which must be — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes. — Publilius Syrus

Misfortune, no less than happiness, inspires us to dream. — Honore De Balzac

The greater part of our misfortunes are brought on by neglecting the chances that yesterday gave us. — James Ellis

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. — Alphonse Karr

He still wanted to believe that people could survive their misfortunes. He believed that was all anyone had. — Alice Hoffman

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. — Aesop

Contemplating the misfortunes of others does not lighten one's own trouble but instead adds to it. — Mignon G. Eberhart

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero

Whoever grows angry amid troubles applies a drug worse than the disease and is a physician unskilled about misfortunes. — Sophocles

My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes - most of which never happened. Mark Twain — Jack Kornfield

For the credit of virtue we must admit that the greatest misfortunes of men are those into which they fall through their crimes. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

Almost all our misfortunes in life come from the wrong notions we have about the things that happen to us. — Stendhal

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. — Michel De Montaigne

Our greatest misfortunes come to us from ourselves. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau