Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?
P.G. WodehouseMots clés humor misfortune sombre-mood
Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, can be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
Dorothy ParkerMots clés lament misfortune irritation pity plaintiveness
We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.
Marjane SatrapiMots clés laughter misfortune
Great minds have purpose, others have wishes. Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortunes; but great minds rise above them.
Washington IrvingMots clés purpose misfortune
Misfortune does not help us to believe.
Alexandre DumasMots clés misfortune
A man is the sum of his misfortunes. One day you'd think misfortune would get tired but then time is your misfortune
William FaulknerMots clés time misfortune
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence every one must take an equal portion, most people would be contented to take their own and depart.
SolonMots clés adversity misfortune
Unseen in the background, Fate was quietly slipping lead into the boxing-glove.
P.G. WodehouseMots clés humor fate unfairness misfortune cheating top-8
Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.
Bernard BeckettMots clés fear chance misfortune cause-and-effect fault-finding finger-pointing
He was a Frenchman, a melancholy-looking man. His aspect was that of one who has been looking for the leak in a gas pipe with a lighted candle.
P.G. WodehouseMots clés humor life melancholy misfortune
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