Quotes on Misfortune

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

Author: Aeschylus

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Author: Jean Bruyere

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

Author: Marcus Cicero

Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune.

Author: R. Fuller

Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune.

Author: Hesiod

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

Author: Washington Irving

The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.

Author: W. Maugham

Doing what's right is no guarantee against misfortune.

Author: William McFee

I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.

Author: Arthur Rimbaud

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

Author: Edith Wharton

Unless some misfortune has made it impossible, everyone can have good posture.

Author: Loretta Young

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

Author: Stefan Zweig