#misfortune

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool. ↗

— Epicurus

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Misfortune seldom intrudes upon the wise man; his greatest and highest interests are directed by reason throughout the course of life. ↗

— Epicurus

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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ↗

— Euripides

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In misfortune, which friend remains a friend? ↗

— Euripides

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Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune. ↗

— Chanakya

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For all of my fortune, there are many with misfortune that need a hand. ↗

— Laura San Giacomo

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Don Quixote's misfortune is not his imagination, but Sancho Panza. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. ↗

— Epictetus

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Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

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I gather from a lawyer that there was a rehearsal yesterday. We haven't a hope. I know the presiding judge too: I've had the misfortune to sleep with his wife. He was specially picked. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

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