#misfortune

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. ↗

— Aristotle

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Misfortune shows those who are not really friends. ↗

— Aristotle

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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

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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

#gain #ignorance #misfortunes

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

— Franz Kafka

#imagination #misfortune #quixote

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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One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well. ↗

— Louis Kronenberger

#getting #killed #misfortunes #much #off

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

— Loretta Young

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