Death always knew how to connect vice with misfortune.
Jindřich ŠtyrskýTags: death vice misfortune
That’s how stories happen — with a turning point, an unexpected twist. There’s only one kind of happiness, but misfortune comes in all shapes and sizes. It’s like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.
Haruki MurakamiTags: life happiness stories unhappiness misfortune
Misfortune is a stepping stone for genius, the baptismal font of Christians, treasure for the skillful man, an abyss for the feeble.
Honoré de BalzacTags: fortune misfortune outlook
We're not stupid! We're just poor! And we have a right to insist on this distinction
Orhan PamukTags: stupidity poverty misfortune
Here's a new 'Blessing' for our time --
'May Anderson Cooper never be sent to report on your town!
Tags: blessings disaster contemporary modern misfortune disasters blessing times irish-blessing modern-times
When Americans find out I grew up in the tenements, the question they invariably ask me is “how did you end up there?” Americans, it seems, find comfort in reasons and explanations. They honestly believe that if they can find the reason for someone else’s misfortune, they can avoid that misfortune themselves. If they could find out how I ended up in the tenements, they could assure themselves that it could never have happened to them.
Susan Lynn PetersonTags: poverty misfortune
Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.
VoltaireTags: harm misfortune dwell
…misfortune was much more interesting to her than good luck.
Louisa May AlcottTags: misfortune louisa-may-alcott jo-s-boys
[W]hen someone finds himself quite unjustly attacked and hated on all sides, there is no need for such a person to feel dismayed by misfortune. See how Fortune, who has harmed many a one, is so inconstant, for God, Who opposes all wrong deeds, raises up those in whom hope dwells.
Christine de PizanTags: life strength injustice belief hope hatred endurance salvation opposition misfortune
Misfortune is a fine opiate to personal terror.
Thomas HardyTags: misfortune
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