[ calamity Quotes ]

Showing search results for Calamity Quotes - 9 quotes about Calamity - Dictionary Quotes

9 quotes

Calamity is the perfect glass wherein we truly see and know ourselves.
Calamity
William Davenant

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 884 votes

Every calamity is a spur and valuable hint.
Calamity
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 672 votes

Calamity is man's true touchstone.
Calamity
Beaumont and Fletcher

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 739 votes

A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.
Disasters
Oliver Wendell Holmes

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 827 votes

Do not accustom yourself to consider debt only as an inconvenience. You will find it a calamity.
Calamity
Samuel Johnson

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 729 votes

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped.
Tragedies
Samuel Johnson

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 674 votes

Calamity is the test of integrity.
Calamity
Samuel Richardson

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 670 votes

Calamity is virtue's opportunity.
Calamity
Seneca

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 725 votes

Affliction is enamoured of thy parts, and thou art wedded to calamity.
Misfortunes
William Shakespeare

Comment this quote | Permalink | Vote for this quote  | 1102 votes

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