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De - Pt| Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
| Misfortunes arrive on wings and leave on foot. | |
| Those who have had no share in the good fortunes of the mighty Often have a share in their misfortunes. -- Bertolt Brecht, "The Caucasian Chalk Circle" | |
| philosophy: The ability to bear with calmness the misfortunes of our friends. | |
| To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete. -- Epictetus | |
| Go slowly to the entertainments of thy friends, but quickly to their misfortunes. -- Chilo | |
| Nothing shortens a journey so pleasantly as an account of misfortunes at which the hearer is permitted to laugh. -- Quentin Crisp | |
