#misfortunes

All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing. ↗

— Moliere

#blunders #books #dancing #failures #fill

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

— Michel de Montaigne

#full #happened #life #misfortunes #most

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ↗

— Christopher Morley

#came #hardest #misfortunes #never #these

The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. ↗

— Washington Irving

#blaming #down #easiest #easiest thing #fail

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

#been #blaming #certain #certain point #comes

Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#another #enter #follies #friendship #into

Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

#closely #earned #i #imitate #imitating

The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

#connection #existence #faults #misfortunes #mystery

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others. ↗

— Publilius Syrus

#caution #good #good thing #learn #misfortunes

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

#difficult #less #misfortunes #pleasure #remain