MISFORTUNE QUOTES IV

quotations about misfortune

Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.

ELIZABETH GASKELL

North and South

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As the dog runneth after him that flees, but flees him that standeth still; so misfortune pursueth those that flee from her, but flees those that face her.

IVAN PANIN

Thoughts

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If misfortunes have befallen you by your own misconduct, live, and be wiser for the future; if they have befallen you by the fault of others, live, you have nothing wherewith to reproach yourself.

JOHN HERRIES

An address to the public on the frequent and enormous crime of Suicide, January 2, 1774