#misfortune

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men. ↗

— Thucydides

#brilliant #charge #expect #frequently #men

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

— Loretta Young

#good #impossible #made #misfortune #posture

I was a lawyer for 10 years, and several of my clients had the misfortune, through no fault of my own, of going to prison. I visited them occasionally. ↗

— John Grisham

#fault #going #had #i #lawyer

The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. ↗

— Austin O'Malley

#father #happen #man #misfortune #ordinary

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune. ↗

— Sophocles

#good #good man #help #man #misfortune

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

— Sophocles

#even #faring #forget #how #misfortunes

Don't reward bad behavior. It is one of the first rules of parenting. During the financial cataclysm of 2008, we said it differently. When we bailed out banks that had created their own misfortune, we called it a 'moral hazard,' because the bailout absolved the bank's bad acts and created an incentive for it to make the same bad loans again. ↗

— Eliot Spitzer

#again #bad #bailed #bailout #bank

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

— James Russell Lowell

#cheer #come #good #good cheer #hardest

If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart. ↗

— Solon

#misfortune #equality

It would be ridiculous to hold your breath and blame others for your inability to breathe. In the same sense, it is ridiculous to live an unaligned life and blame God for your misfortune. ↗

— Steve Maraboli

#breathe #god #life #live #misfortune