quotations about misfortune
If misfortunes have befallen you by your own misconduct, live, and be wiser for the future; if they have befallen you by the fault of others, live, you have nothing wherewith to reproach yourself.
JOHN HERRIES
An address to the public on the frequent and enormous crime of Suicide, January 2, 1774
Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen,
Fallen from his high estate,
And welt'ring in his blood;
Deserted at his utmost need,
By those his former bounty fed;
On the bare earth expos'd he lies,
With not a friend to close his eyes.
JOHN DRYDEN
Alexander's Feast
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT & JOHN FLETCHER
The Triumph of Honour