quotations about misfortune
Misfortunes cannot suffice to make a fool into an intelligent man.
CESARE PAVESE
This Business of Living
Those who are happy and successful themselves are too apt to make light of the misfortunes of others.
ELIZABETH GASKELL
North and South
Calamity is man's true touch-stone.
FRANCIS BEAUMONT & JOHN FLETCHER
The Triumph of Honour