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Children sweeten labours, but they make misfortunes more bitter.

Quote by Francis Bacon about bitter, children

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

Quote by Joseph Addison about politics, influence, day

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

Quote by Aesop about wisdom

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

Quote by Aesop about philosophy

In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

Quote by Aristotel about friendship, deeds, weakness, poverty, life, old, olderness

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.

Quote by Charles Dickens about present, man, past

For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others.

Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero

Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about nothing, man

Properly speaking, history is nothing but the crimes and misfortunes of the human race.

Quote by Pierre Bayle about history, criminals, human imperfections, nothing

The total amount of misfortunes which have not yet happened to us, is called happiness.

Quote by Romulus Dianu about happiness

Almost all misfortunes are coming from the false ideas we have about what is happening to us. Let's know people profoundly, judging events is only a big step towards happiness. Journal

Quote by Stendhal about life, events, happiness, people

If we know how to receive with an open soul the joys, if we are always expecting thirsty the happiness, we must know to receive the blows and misfortunes, too, we must expect unhappiness, as well.

Quote by Liviu Rebreanu about unhappiness, happiness, soul

It's only through our misfortunes, that we begin to learn to appreciate all that life has to offer.

Quote by Robert M. Hensel about life