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Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all read more
Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a read more
He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the
misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Let us be of good cheer, however, remembering that the
misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.
Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashioned so slenderly,
Young and so read more
Take her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fashioned so slenderly,
Young and so fair!
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of
misfortunes.
[Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est read more
The consciousness of good intention is the greatest solace of
misfortunes.
[Lat., Conscientia rectae voluntatis maxima consolatio est rerum
incommodarum.]
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.
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.
