#misfortune

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. ↗

— Voltaire

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The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune. ↗

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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There is one type of ideal woman very seldom described in poetry - the old maid, the woman whom sorrow or misfortune prevents from fulfilling her natural destiny. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. ↗

— Herodotus

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Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

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Rashness is the faithful, but unhappy parent of misfortune. ↗

— R. Buckminster Fuller

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Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

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I'm becoming more squeamish. I didn't use to be - nine years of 'Silent Witness' prepared me for most things one will have the misfortune to see in life. Before, I'd be wading up to my neck in gore, but now I tend to look away. ↗

— Amanda Burton

#becoming #before #gore #i #life

France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. ↗

— Pierre Laval

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My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened. ↗

— Michel de Montaigne

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