(169 quotes found)
“The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.”
Plutarch
“One should go invited to a friend in good fortune, and uninvited in misfortune”
Swedish Proverb
“Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.”
Washington Irving
“A woman, especially if she has the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.”
Jane Austen
“Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
Charles Dickens
“The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.”
Marcus Aurelius
“Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.”
Saskya Pandita
“When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth”
Persian Proverb
“I can imagine no greater misfortune for a cultured people than to see in the hands of the rulers not only the civil, but also the religious power”
Catullus
“Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother”
William Somerset Maugham
