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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

For this is the mark of a wise and upright man, not to rail against the gods in misfortune.

Look at misfortune the same way you look at success - Don't Panic! Do you best and forget the consequences.

Misfortune shows those who are not really friends.

A woman, especially, if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can.

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

This is the age of insincerity. The movies had the misfortune to come along in the twentieth century, and because they appeal to the masses there can be no sincerity in them.

The government's War on Poverty has transformed poverty from a short-term misfortune into a career choice.

This great misfortune - to be incapable of solitude.

Every decision is liberating, even if it leads to disaster. Otherwise, why do so many people walk upright and with open eyes into their misfortune?

Test a servant while in the discharge of his duty, a relative in difficulty, a friend in adversity, and a wife in misfortune.

As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face.

No one has the right to be sorry for himself for a misfortune that strikes everyone.

We interest others by the misfortune we spread around us.

It is a misfortune that necessity has induced men to accord greater license to this formidable engine, in order to obtain liberty, than can be borne with less important objects in view; for the press, like fire, is an excellent servant, but a terrible master.

The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.