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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.
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
- Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher,
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
[Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]
When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
[Lat., Quemcumque miserum videris, hominem scias.]
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
Some suffer from real misfortunes. Sadly, others only imagine that they do.
I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.
I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
Fortune knocks but once, but misfortune has much more patience.
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
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
The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'
The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'
