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The worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father.
Fathers
Austin O'Malley

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When the tide of misfortune moves over you, even jelly will break your teeth
Misfortunes
Persian Proverb

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The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Achievement
Plutarch

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There is no greater misfortune, than to not be able to endure misfortune.
Misfortunes
Proverb

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I am the slave of my baptism. Parents, you have caused my misfortune, and you have caused your own.
Parents and Parenting
Arthur Rimbaud

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All of my misfortunes come from having thought too well of my fellows.
Misfortunes
Jean Jacques Rousseau

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The most brutal, ugly, desperate, vicious form of expression it has been my misfortune to hear.
Rock and Roll
Frank Sinatra

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The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
Compromise
Charles Swindoll

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It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.
Caution
Publilius Syrus

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Life itself is short, but lasts longer than misfortunes.
Misfortunes
Publilius Syrus

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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
Misfortunes
Publius Cornelius Tacitus

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A great fortune in the hands of a fool is a great misfortune.
Wealth
Source Unknown

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

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History is just the portrayal of crimes and misfortunes.
History and Historians
Voltaire

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One of the chief misfortunes of honest people is that they are cowardly.
Coward and Cowardice
Voltaire

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun