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Misfortune


 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
  Paul Valery

 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
  Paul Valery

 Misfortune does not always wait on vice; nor is success the constant guest of virtue

 Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

 Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

 Misfortune tests friends, and detects enemies
  Dorothy Parker

 Misfortune, and recited misfortune especially, may be prolonged to the point where it ceases to excite pity and arouses only irritation.
  Dorothy Parker

 Misfortunes are, in morals, what bitters are in medicine: each is at first disagreeable; but as the bitters act as corroborants to the stomach, so adversity chastens and ameliorates the disposition

 Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some
  Charles Dickens

 The bitterest misfortune can be covered up with a smile
  William Somerset Maugham

 To wipe all tears from off all faces is a task too hard for mortals; but to alleviate misfortunes is often within the most limited power: yet the opportunities which every day affords of relieving the most wretched of human beings are overlooked and
  Samuel Johnson

 We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.
  Honore de Balzac


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