#misfortunes

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

It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to know that much. I knew she could not be unmaidenly; and yet I yearned for conviction. Now I am glad!' It was a little golden thread running through the dark web of his present fortunes; which were growing ever gloomier and more gloomy. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#love #misfortunes #proof #love

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. ↗

— Aesop

#better #misfortunes #others #own #than

Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. ↗

— Alphonse Karr

#avoided #composed #misfortunes

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

#depend #disagreeable #him #his #man

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

— Amy Lowell

#cheer #come #hardest #let us #misfortunes

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

— Edward Gibbon

#crimes #follies #indeed #little #mankind

All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows. ↗

— Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#fellows #having #misfortunes #thought #too

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. ↗