#misfortunes

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

— Edward Gibbon

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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race. ↗

— Pierre Bayle

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In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help. ↗

— Margaret Cavendish

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We all feel the urge to condemn ourselves out of guilt, to blame others for our misfortunes and to fantasize about total disaster. ↗

— Deepak Chopra

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France cannot be destroyed. She is an old country who, despite her misfortunes, has, and always will have, thanks to her past, a tremendous prestige in the world, whatever the fate inflicted upon her. ↗

— Pierre Laval

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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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

— Michel de Montaigne

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

— Madame de Stael

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

— Tacitus

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