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8 quotesCalamities are of two kinds: misfortune to ourselves, and good fortune to others.
Calamity
Ambrose Bierce
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Calamity is man's true touchstone.
Calamity
Beaumont and Fletcher
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Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Calamity
William Davenant
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Calamity is the test of integrity.
Calamity
Samuel Richardson
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Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
Calamity
Seneca
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Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
Calamity
Samuel Johnson
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Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Calamity
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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He who foresees calamities, suffers them twice over.
Calamity
Bishop Porteous
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun