quotations about misfortune
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT & JOHN FLETCHER
The Triumph of Honour
Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
ELIZABETH GASKELL
North and South
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