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“A vulgar man, in any ill that happens to him, blames others; a novice in philosophy blames himself; and a philosopher blames neither, the one nor the other.”

Men Philosophy Happens Blame Ill Philosopher Vulgar Calamity Novices

Author:Epictetus

“No calamity happens to those who eagerly follow auspicious customs and the rule of good conduct, to those who are always careful of purity, and to those who mutter ,sacred texts and offer burnt oblations.”

Happens Offers Sacred Careful Purity Customs Calamity Sacred Texts

Author:Guru Nanak

“Some people are never content with their lot, let what will happen. Clouds and darkness are over their heads, alike whether it rain or shine. To them every incident is an accident, and every accident a calamity.”

People Happens Darkness Rain Shining Clouds Accidents Complaints Calamity Incidents Rain Or Shine

Book:Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book

Source: Feathers for Arrows: Or Illustrations for Preachers and Teachers, from My Note Book

“Those who have been indulged by fortune and have always thought of calamity as what happens to others, feel a blind incredulous rage at the reversal of their lot, and half believe that their wild cries will alter the course of the storm.”

Feels Believe Has Beens Happens Courses Half Cry Blind Fortune Storm Rage Calamity Reversal

Book:Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of George Eliot (Illustrated)

“No greater mischief can happen to a Christian people, than to have God's word taken from them, or falsified, so that they no longer have it pure and clear. God grant we and our descendants be not witness to such a calamity.”

People Happens Christian Taken Clear Greater Pure Witness Grants Calamity Mischief Descendants

Book:The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt

Source: The table talk or familiar discourse of Martin Luther, tr. by W. Hazlitt

“In the condition of men, it frequently happens that grief and anxiety lie hid under the golden robes of prosperity; and the gloom of calamity is cheered by secret radiations of hope and comfort; as in the works of nature, the bog is sometimes covered with flowers, and the mine concealed in the barren crags.”

Source: The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay

“Farmers are philosophical; they have learned that it is less wearing to shrug than to beat their breasts. But there is another angle to their attitude. Things happen rapidly in the country; something new always comes along to divert them and it isn't necessarily another calamity.”

Country Happens Attitude Beats Philosophical Things Happen Breasts Something New Farmers Angle Calamity

Book:How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening

Source: How to Have a Green Thumb Without an Aching Back: A New Method of Mulch Gardening