I never knew any man in my life who could not bear another’s misfortunes perfectly like a Christian.
Alexander Pope quote on Misfortune, Sympathy
Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.
Seneca – Misfortune
Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.
Michel de Montaigne – Experience, Misfortune
My life has been filled with terrible misfortune; most of which never happened.
Michel de Montaigne – Misfortune
I am convinced that we have a degree of delight, and that no small one, in the real misfortunes and pains of others.
Misfortune – Edmund Burke
Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.
Voltaire – History, Misfortune
We all have enough strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
La Rochefoucauld – Strength, Misfortune
In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.
