Misfortunes Quotes

“Heavy misfortunes have befallen us, but let us only cling closer to what remains, and transfer our love for those whom we have lost to those who yet live. Our circle will be small, but bound close by the ties of affection and mutual misfortune. And when time shall have softened your despair, new and dear objects of care will be born to replace those of whom we have been so cruelly deprived.”

“We have all of us sufficient fortitude to bear the misfortunes of others.”

“Misfortunes always come in by a door that has been left open for them.”

“Let us be of good cheer however remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.”

“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided.”

“She counted her blessings, rather than her misfortunes.”

“Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.”

“And the little prince broke into a lovely peal of laughter, which irritated me very much. I like my misfortunes to be taken seriously.”

“We can only feel sorry for ourselves when our misfortunes are still supportable. Once this limit is crossed, the only way to bear the unbearable is to laugh at it.”