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misfortunes
«Great minds have purposes; little minds have wishes. Little minds are subdued by misfortunes; great minds rise above them.»
Author: Washington Irving
(Writer)
| About:
Mind,
Overcoming
| Keywords:
misfortunes, purposes, subdued
«All the ills of mankind, all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books, all the political blunders, all the failures of the great leaders have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.»
Author: Moliere
(Actor, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Dancing,
Leadership,
Mankind
| Keywords:
arisen, blundered, blundering, blunders, dancing, failures, fill, Great Books, ills, lack, leaders, mankind, misfortunes, political, Political history, political leader, skill, The History, tragic
«History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.»
Author: Edward Gibbon
(Historian)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
follies, misfortunes, register, registered, registering, registers, The Register
«Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.»
Author: Michel de Montaigne
(Philosopher, Writer)
| Keywords:
impatience, misfortunes, sickness, undo
«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?»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| About:
Friendship
| Keywords:
alliance, follies, miseries, misfortunes, volunteers
«Indeed, history is nothing more than a tableau of crimes and misfortunes.»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
crimes, indeed, misfortunes, Nothing More, tableau
«History is no more than the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes»
Author: Voltaire
(Philosopher, Writer)
| About:
History
| Keywords:
crimes, misfortunes, portrayal, portrayals