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Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many.
[Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.]

Rashness brings success to few, misfortune to many.
[Lat., Paucis temeritas est bono, multis malo.]

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Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes

by Victor Hugo Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all read more

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some

by Charles Dickens Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.

by Aeschylus Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.

I was a stricken deer that left the herd
Long since.

by William Cowper Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat,
And none could be unhappy but the Great.

As if Misfortune made the Throne her Seat,
And none could be unhappy but the Great.

by Nicholas Rowe Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

by Aesop Found in: Misfortune Quotes,
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Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
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Whoever has fallen from his former high estate is in his calamity
the scorn even of the base.
[Lat., Quicumque amisit dignitatem pristinam
Ignavis etiam jocus est in casu gravi.]

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Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequences than to have a really affectionate mother

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