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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
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
It is the nature of mortals to kick a fallen man.
One more unfortunate
Weary of breath,
Rashly importunate,
Gone to her death!
One more unfortunate
Weary of breath,
Rashly importunate,
Gone to her death!
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
Most of our misfortune are more supportable than the comments of
our friends upon them.
Such a house broke?
So noble a master fall'n; all gone, and not
One friend to take read more
Such a house broke?
So noble a master fall'n; all gone, and not
One friend to take his fortune by the arm
And go along with him?
He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a read more
He went like one that hath been stunn'd,
And is of sense forlorn:
A sadder and a wiser man,
He rose the morrow morn.
The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'
The worst is not
So long as we can say 'This is the worst.'
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.]
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
[Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]
By speaking of our misfortunes we often relieve them.
[Fr., A raconter ses maux souvent on les soulage.]
