Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Misfortune is never mournful to the soul that accepts it; for such do always see that every cloud is an angel's face. Mrs. L. M. Child.

Misfortune sprinkles ashes on the head of the man, but falls like dew on the head of the woman, and brings forth germs of strength of which she herself had no conscious possession. Anna C. Mowatt.

Misfortune, when we look upon it with our eyes, is smaller than when our imagination sinks the evil down into the recesses of the soul. Goethe.

Misfortunes come on wings and depart on foot. 40 Pr.

Misfortunes have their dignity and their redeeming power. G. S. Hillard.

Misfortunes never come single. Pr.

Misfortunes when asleep are not to be wakened. Pr.

Mislike me not for my complexion, / The shadow'd livery of the burnish'd sun, / To whom I am a neighbour and near bred. Mer. of Ven., ii. 1.

Misreckoning is no payment. Pr. 45

Mist of words, / Like halos round the moon, though they enlarge / The seeming size of thoughts, make the light less / Doubly. Bailey.