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Misfortune had made Lily supple instead of hardening her, and a pliable substance is less easy to break than a stiff one. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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In the same proportion Russia is the misfortune of Europe and the Israelites. ↗

— Isaac Mayer Wise

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

— Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. ↗

— Edward Gibbon

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It was my fortune, or misfortune, to be called to the office of Chief Executive without any previous political training. ↗

— Ulysses S. Grant

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I am disposed to be thus particular from the interest you take in our welfare and from the entire confidence I have in your knowing, that you will be sympathetic with us in our misfortunes. ↗

— John Hawley

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No one is to blame. It is neither their fault nor ours. It is the misfortune of being born when a whole world is dying. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

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Mortals grow swiftly in misfortune. ↗

— Hesiod

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

— Napoleon Hill

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Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived. ↗

— Mary Shelley

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