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We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.
Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Ah! I shall repeat it endlessly, the only misfortune is to be born!
The greatest misfortune of all is not to be able to bear misfortune.
Surprises are like misfortunes or herrings - they rarely come single.
Tis the greatest misfortune in nature for a woman to want a confidant.
All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
Many are those who pity others while being blind to their own misfortunes.
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.
But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
A tendancy to melancholy...let it be observed, is a misfortune, not a fault.
To have a right estimate of a man's character, we must see him in misfortune.
We have all been beaten! Each one has to bear his misfortune! Resign yourself!
The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.
Misery and misfortune is all one; and of misfortune fortune hath only the gift.
For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.
It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes.
Calamities are of two kinds: misfortunes to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
For there is merely bad luck in not being loved; there is misfortune in not loving.
Men do not go out to meet misfortune as we do. They learn it; and we--we divine it.
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
No-one is exempt from speaking nonsense – the only misfortune is to do it solemnly.
No misfortune is so bad that whining about it won’t make it worse. (Apr 2007 Gen Conf)
Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.
Most of our misfortunes are more supportable than the comments of our friends upon them.
It is a great misfortune to be of use to nobody; scarcely less to be of use to everybody.
The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.
It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others.
Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
During misfortunes, nothing aggravates our condition more, than to be esteemed deserving of them.
In the misfortunes of our best friends we always find something not altogether displeasing to us.
Whoever gives nothing, has nothing. The greatest misfortune is not to be unloved, but not to love.
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
The dower of great beauty has always been misfortune, since happiness and beauty do not agree together.
I do not myself believe there is any misfortune. What men call such is merely the shadowside of a good.
Success is the necessary misfortune of life, but it is only to the very unfortunate that it comes early.
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.
It is my great misfortune that I have to measure your love by the money gifts you give for Daridranarayana.
What a misfortune to be a woman! And yet, the worst misfortune is not to understand what a misfortune it is.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Our dad taught us not to be a loafer and a slough-off, that you don't blame somebody else for your misfortunes.