Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'
My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.
Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.
One sure path to failure is the readiness to blame everyone else for your misfortune.
The greatest misfortune of the wise man and the greatest unhappiness of the fool are based upon convention.
Our worst misfortunes never happen, and most miseries lie in anticipation.
How sweet for those faring badly to forget their misfortunes even for a short time.
For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.
Only in a popular war against France... do I see a misfortune.
... misfortune and creativity go together.
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.
To lose one parent may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
Any beast can cry over the misfortunes of its own child. It takes a mensch to weep for others' children.
Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.
Rock 'n Roll: The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
When failing spectacularly the trick is to employ an inverted Schadenfreude. Take ownership of your misfortune.
One of the misfortunes of our time is that in getting rid of false shame we have killed off so much real shame as well.
Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
