#misfortunes

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. ↗

— A. C. Benson

#life #losses #misfortunes #sorrows #worst

It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously. ↗

— Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

#misfortunes #love

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. ↗

— Aesop

#derive #misfortunes #others #unhappy

Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous. ↗

— Lucius Accius

#fame #his #indeed #makes #man

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

— Aesop

#better #misfortunes #others #own #than

Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ↗

— Euripides

#gain #ignorance #misfortunes

To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. ↗

— Epictetus

#begun #complete #education #misfortunes #neither

I now bid farewell to the country of my birth - of my passions - of my death; a country whose misfortunes have invoked my sympathies - whose factions I sought to quell - whose intelligence I prompted to a lofty aim - whose freedom has been my fatal dream. ↗

— Thomas Francis Meagher

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