#misfortunes

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came. ↗

— Christopher Morley

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The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes. ↗

— Washington Irving

#blaming #down #easiest #easiest thing #fail

There comes a certain point in life when you have to stop blaming other people for how you feel or the misfortunes in your life. You can't go through life obsessing about what might have been. ↗

— Hugh Jackman

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Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another? ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

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The mystery of existence is the connection between our faults and our misfortunes. ↗

— Madame de Stael

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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure. ↗

— Tacitus

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It was her brother,' said Mr. Thornton to himself. 'I am glad.I may never see her again; but it is comfort-a relief-to know that much. I knew she could not be unmaidenly; and yet I yearned for conviction. Now I am glad!' It was a little golden thread running through the dark web of his present fortunes; which were growing ever gloomier and more gloomy. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

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It is not my mode of thought that has caused my misfortunes, but the mode of thought of others. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter. ↗

— Francis Bacon

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Ignorance of one's misfortunes is clear gain. ↗

— Euripides

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