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#misfortune

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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.


Aeschylus


#blow #blurred #comes #fair #glitter

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.


Aeschylus


#gods #man #mark #misfortune #rail

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.


Aesop


#derive #misfortunes #others #unhappy

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.


Lydia M. Child


#always #angel #cloud #every #face

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.


Francis Bacon


#children #labours #make #misfortunes #more

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.


Walter Bagehot


#his #man #misfortune #mother #wife

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.


Honore de Balzac


#bad #exaggerate #happiness #happy #misfortune

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


Lucius Accius


#fame #his #indeed #makes #man

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.


Lord Acton


#consequences #destitute #evil #injurious #man

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.


Aesop


#better #misfortunes #others #own #than






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