quotations about misfortune
Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
ELIZABETH GASKELL
North and South
As the dog runneth after him that flees, but flees him that standeth still; so misfortune pursueth those that flee from her, but flees those that face her.
IVAN PANIN
Thoughts
If misfortunes have befallen you by your own misconduct, live, and be wiser for the future; if they have befallen you by the fault of others, live, you have nothing wherewith to reproach yourself.
JOHN HERRIES
An address to the public on the frequent and enormous crime of Suicide, January 2, 1774