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Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of read more
It has been my misfortune to be engaged in more battles than any other general on the other side of the Atlantic; but there was never a time during my command when I would not have chosen some settlement by reason rather than the sword.
Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a read more
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
When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
[Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.]
When Misfortune is asleep, let no one wake her.
[Lat., Quando la mala ventura se duerme, nadie la despierte.]
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes
Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother
Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
