#fortunes

[I]f the name of wife appears more sacred and more valid, sweeter to me is ever the word friend, or, if thou be not ashamed, concubine ... And thou thyself wert not wholly unmindful of that ... [as in the narrative of thy misfortunes] thou hast not disdained to set forth sundry reasons by which I tried to dissuade thee from our marriage, from an ill-starred bed; but wert silent as to many, in which I preferred love to wedlock, freedom to a bond. I call God to witness, if Augustus, ruling over the whole world, were to deem me worthy of the honour of marriage, and to confirm the whole world to me, to be ruled by me forever, dearer to me and of greater dignity would it seem to be called thy concubine than his empress. ↗

— Héloïse d'Argenteuil

#concubine #devotion #dignity #freedom #honor

Loneliness and hunger were my fortunes of creation. ↗

— Mo Yan

#fortunes #hunger #loneliness #were

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#aid #ambitious #contribute #fortunes #his

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#being #being alone #hatred #men #misfortunes

How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time. ↗

— Sophocles

#even #faring #forget #how #misfortunes

Seeking fortunes in America led to Germany losing people, and the American continent received many people whose contributions are particularly clear in the agricultural and technical fields. ↗

— Julius Streicher

#america #american #clear #continent #contributions

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

— Edward Gibbon

#crimes #follies #indeed #little #mankind

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#fellows #having #misfortunes #thought #too

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

— Sophocles

#amid #angry #applies #disease #grows

Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come. ↗