Misfortune

A man awakens to find himself in poverty instead of in wealth; his possessions suddenly swept away; or from health, he, or some one whose life is still dearer to him than his own, prostrated with illness; or to find himself unjustly accused or maligned, or misunderstood, or to encounter some other of the myriad phases of what he calls misfortune and tribulation. ❋ Lilian Whiting (N/A)

Yet she could feel for her father, in spite of the fact that whatever her accent or grammatical mistakes, her mother's conduct was always right and her father, with his charming air, a little blurred by what he called misfortune, his clear speech to which Henrietta loved to listen, was fundamentally unsound. ❋ Unknown (1914)

That your misfortune is the result of a concerted plan on the part of Le Noir and his tool, I partly see, but I wish you to put me in possession of all the facts, that I may see in what manner I may be able to assist you. ❋ Unknown (1888)

General Monk's "misfortune" is no less a calamity than his marriage. ❋ Unknown (1888)

When a soul, in the course of evolution, has succeeded in impressing its vibration -- its thought -- on a brain which it has refined and made responsive by a training which purifies the entire nature of the man, it is able to transmit to the incarnated consciousness the memory of its past lives; but this memory then ceases to be painful or dangerous, for the soul has not only exhausted the greater part of its karma of suffering, it also possesses the strength necessary to sustain its personality, whenever a foreboding of what we call misfortune comes upon it. ❋ Th. Pascal (N/A)

_honour_ from their sufferance; who think it enough to sit still under the murderous blows of what they call misfortune, fate, _Providence_, when it is their own im-_providence_; who think it is enough to sit still, and cry, _Alack_! without inquiring what it is that makes that ❋ Delia Bacon (1835)

Part of its misfortune is due to Hewlett-Packard Co., which is down more than 18% so far this year and recently was about 4.6% of the Dodge & Cox fund's portfolio. ❋ Jonathan Burton (2010)

This misfortune is divided between the people who own hops and the people who pick hops. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Our misfortune is doubly hard to us; we have not only lost that lovely darling boy, but this poor girl, whom I sincerely love, is to be torn away by even a worse fate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"The snarling frenzy with which he meets misfortune is both pathetic and ruthless." ❋ Adam Bernstein (2010)

Frances Farquhar, in his introduction to King's "The Helmet of Mambrino," argues that King was a tragic hero, "in the sense of Aristotle‘One highly renowned and prosperous, whose misfortune is brought upon him by some error of judgment or frailty '" (p. 296). ❋ Unknown (2009)

Only your misfortune is responsible for sending Rama into exile and there is no other reason and you must consider it as your good fortune that you would be getting an opportunity to serve Rama and Sita while in exile. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dear Mr. Snicket: Having written so much about beautiful young women in misfortune, I hope you can help me. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Anyway I think its funny, and will go on believing that accidents happen, and that laughing at others misfortune is a gift given to us, not a curse. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Wales's misfortune is that the struggle for national freedom and the struggle for economic and social justice should have been separated for the last fifty years and more. ❋ Unknown (2008)

What dire misfortune is this I must bear fief or loath? ❋ Unknown (2006)

I also had the good fortune, or perhaps misfortune is the operative word, of counting several members of the SF Department of Environmental Health among my circle of acquaintances. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Desperately wrap yourself in the warm, cozy fog of paranoid political delusion in which Republicans can do no wrong, and all your misfortune is due to the Grand World Conspiracy of the Liberal Elite. ❋ Unknown (2005)

To stay silent during such a crisis, and particularly to harbor the thought that the administration's misfortune is the Democrats 'fortune, is cowardly .... ❋ Unknown (2005)

Our misfortunes of the last year [included] the loss of a [beloved] [pet] ❋ Adrianna Lazaro (2015)

I got tired of waiting for my food so I lit a cigarette and, by [sheer] misfortunation, [the waiter] [arrived] a few seconds later. ❋ Shadowkeeper (2005)

He’s an [awful] [misfortune] of a [lad]. ❋ NotConorMcGregor (2018)

"I broke my [clavicle] [playing hockey]" "[Misfortunate]!" ❋ DagnyMTaggart (2009)

I really [wanted] her to [have my babies]. Such a [meno misfortune] ❋ VeryVisionary (2023)

Person 1: Have [you heard] of Little Misfortune? Person 2: Yeah, she deserved a [better] [life]. ❋ IhopeIdrinkwater (2022)

(1) "I just got a misfortune cookie from my mom - our [poodle] Rex just died." (2) "Did you taste those misfortune cookies that [Camille] brought to the picnic? [Bleck]!" ❋ Ambient Guerilla (2009)

john is very annoyed by [the 80s] song "[take on me]" that is stuck in his head, so he rushes home, runs up [the stairs], opens his laptop, only to realize the song is not stuck in his head anymore. musical misfortune ❋ Jake12334455433 (2009)

Sam decided to [spin the Wheel] of Misfortune, but lost every time. Jim went to the [casino] to play the good ol' Wheel of Misfortune and lost his house, car, and [kidney] because of his debt. ❋ 1-800-PAIN (2015)

A: Guess what?! B: What?! A: Last night my car was [stolen], anyway, misfortunes never come singly, [I lost] my [wallet] today. ❋ Nabeel, (2008)