192 Quotes About Misfortune

Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts.

A gloomy view of things is at least one misfortune you can avoid.

Inspiration gives us courage to keep going in the face of illness, misfortune, and loss.

Twere best, if anything is best in evil times.What's soonest done, is best, when all is ill.

Death always knew how to connect vice with misfortune.

Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived.

And love is two misfortunes which together do an happiness .(Et l’amour, c’est deux malheurs - Qui ensemble font un bonheur)

Unable to attribute misfortune to chance, unable to accept their ultimate insignificance within the greater scheme, the people looked for monsters in their midst.

It is necessary to accept all the terrible things and not be crushed by them.