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“We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.”

Feels Loss Circumstances Appeals Misfortunes

Author:Livy

“The brutal soldiers satisfied their sensual appetites without consulting either the inclination or the duties of their female captives; and a nice question of casuistry was seriously agitated, Whether those tender victims, who had inflexibly refused their consent to the violation which they sustained, had lost, by their misfortune, the glorious crown of virginity. There were other losses indeed of a more substantial kind and more general concern.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The shimmering night does not stay for mortals, not misfortunes, nor wealth, but in a moment it is gone, and to the turn of another comes joy and loss.”

Doe Moments Joy Night Turns Change Wealth Loss Gone Fortune Mortals Misfortunes

Author:Sophocles

“My mind shrank from the menace sweeping down on us, as children's do from belief in death and misfortune, vainly clinging to the fancy that great disasters only happen to other people.”

People Mind Children Happens Belief Loss Disaster Fancy Misfortunes Clinging Menace Sweeping

Author:Sylvia Pankhurst

“The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.”

Reality Fear Loss Worst Sorrow Misfortunes

Author:A. C. Benson

“Life always gives us exactly the teacher we need at every moment. This includes every mosquito, every misfortune, every red light, every traffic jam, every obnoxious supervisor (or employee), every illness, every loss, every moment of joy or depression, every addiction, every piece of garbage, every breath. Every moment is the guru.”