#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

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

— Amy Lowell

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How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time. ↗

— Sophocles

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

— James Russell Lowell

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

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

— Christopher Morley

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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

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

— Madame de Stael

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