“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”
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“Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.”
“Happiness is composed of misfortunes avoided. ”
“My life has been full of terrible misfortunes most of which never happened”
“History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes”
“One man's meat is another man's poison”
“Happiness is the interval between periods of unhappiness ”
“Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails ”
“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens”
“A cloudy day, or a little sunshine, have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most real blessings or misfortunes”
“In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all, and it comes with bitter agony. Perfect relief is not possible, except with the passing of time.”
“One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it, unless it has been all suffering, nothing but suffering”
“Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some”
“All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone”
“It is a great misfortune not to possess sufficient wit to speak well, nor sufficient judgment to keep silent”
“It behooves us to accomplish what God requires of us, even when we are in the greatest despair respecting the results”
“At the door of every happy person there should be a man with a hammer whose knock would serve as a constant reminder of the existence of unfortunate people”
“That is the road we all have to take - over the Bridge of Sighs into eternity”
“Stupidity gets up early; that is why events are accustomed to happening in the morning.”
“Pain is life, the sharper, the more evidence of life”
“All are architects of fate, working in these walls of time”