Thomas Jefferson

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?

American President

Voltaire

Life is thickly sown with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to pass quickly through them. The longer we dwell on our misfortunes, the greater is their power to harm us.

French Writer

James Russell Lowell

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

American Poet

Virgil

Do not yield to misfortunes, but advance more boldly to meet them, as your fortune permits you.

Roman Poet

Aeschylus

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

Greek Poet

Michel de Montaigne

My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened.

French Philosopher

Herodotus

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Greek Historian

Epicurus

The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.

Greek Philosopher

Aesop

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Greek Author

Sophocles

It is the task of a good man to help those in misfortune.

Often refers to a particular unlucky event, not just general bad luck.

Event Specific

Can describe minor unlucky events, not just serious misfortunes.

Not Always Serious

When talking about someone else's misfortune, it can sound detached or formal.

Impersonal Tone

Refers to more persistent or problematic circumstances than singular events.

Adverse Conditions

Misfortune often evokes sympathy; consider the emotional impact when discussing others' misfortunes.

Empathy Trigger

In some cultures, talking about one's own or others' misfortunes may be considered taboo or negative.

Cultural Sensitivity

Implies a more personal and emotional aspect of facing difficulties.

Personal Struggles

Commonly used in stories to introduce challenges a character must overcome.

Narrative Use

 of this dreadful calamity. He would, I imagine, first of all express very strongly his sorrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people. He would make many melancholy reflections upon the precariousness of human life, and when all these humane sentiments had been once fairly expressed, he would pursue his business or his pleasure

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 The King himself had also suffered misfortune, losing both his first wife and his only heir to the throne before remarrying. But the painting obscures their struggle to provide food for their household. Even the monarch's advanced age is concealed through the blurring of the mirror.

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 By revealing your zodiac sign, you are also being evaluated. Judgments are being made about your fortune or misfortune, your personality, career prospects and how you will do in a given year. If you share you and your partner's animal signs,

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 My life, at the mercy of good design and bad design. Think about it. Now, in design terms, a wheelchair is a very difficult object. It mostly projects tragedy and fear and misfortune, and it projects that message, that story, so strongly

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 but we can endure great pain if we believe that it's purposeful. Ease makes less of an impression on us than struggle. We could have been ourselves without our delights, but not without the misfortunes that drive our search for meaning.

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 and they are not happy, because they want something else or they want more of the same. And we all know people who have lots of misfortune, misfortune that we ourselves would not want to have, and they are deeply happy.

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 i think that's it when a people have suffered they develop a taste for the misfortune and it is that quote that drives the world well ready i'd love to end on a hopeful note

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 These misfortunes are just going to make my triumph story a lot cooler." I used this as fuel to the fire, motivation, if you will.

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 whose job is to protect them from all misfortune. There is another swamp that protects us from misfortune.